This is the story of those that 'did not' who are populated - and are still travelling - in America.
'When all is said and done, there are two types of men: those who stay at home and those who do not' Kipling. Grant follows the trails of the first European to wander across the American West (a failed conquistador) joins a group of rodeo-competing cowboys (and gets thrown by a mechanical bull) tells the story of the vanishing nomadic Indians and links up with 300,000 'gerito gypsies' - old people who live and travel in their RVs (Recreational Vehicles). 'Freedom is impossible and meaningless within the confines of sedentary society, the only true freedom is the freedom to cross the land, beholden to no one'. AMERICAN NOMADS is the extraordinary result. Motivated partly by his own wanderlust and partly by his realisation that America is a land populated by wanderers, he set out to test his theory. While never failing to tell a good tale he comes to examine his own restlessness, and the restlessness at the core of the American pysche. Richard Grant has never spent more than twenty-two consecutive nights under the same roof. In American Nomads he describes his fellow travellers hoboes, retirees in winnebagos, the rainbow tribe, as well as the travellers who preceeded them the cowboys, mountain men, and conquistadors. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.* Ghost Riders combines history, travelogue and a revealing personal narrative to create a multi-dimensional map of the travelling soul.
Richard Grant has never spent more than twenty-two consecutive nights under the same roof. Ghost Riders: Travels with American Nomads Hardcover Januby RICHARD GRANT (Author) 79 ratings Hardcover 18.21 8 Used from 7.80 Paperback 17.96 10 Used from 4.56 5 New from 17.96 Richard Grant has never spent more than twenty-two consecutive nights under the same roof.
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