Call number
Publication
New York: Vintage Departures, 1992, c1991
Pages
viii; 278
Description
Tim Cahill reports on the road trip to end all road trips: a journey that took him from Tierra del Fuego to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in a record-breaking twenty three and a half days.
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1992
Physical description
viii, 278 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0394758374 / 9780394758374
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LibraryThing member wenestvedt
My first introduction to Tim Cahill. He drives from Tierra del Fuego to the northernmost north part of North America with one other guy and a lot of bottled yogurt drinks. Funny, funny, funny.
LibraryThing member piefuchs
A description of a journey, completed as a road race, from one end of the American continent (Tierra del Fuego) to another (end of the road in Alaska). Life without leaving a car as you try to get into the Guiness book of records. Funny, but not as good a read as it would be if they left the car
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LibraryThing member Prop2gether
Absolutely hilarious "diary" of the longest drive in the Americas--highly recommended
LibraryThing member TheScrappyCat
Tim Cahill is one of the best adventure/travel writers out there. He tells his true tales with a combination of great humor and honesty, and is always a great read.
LibraryThing member iluvvideo
Garry Sowerby and Tim Cahill pursue the speed record for driving a GMC truck from Tierra del Fuego in South America at the southernmost, to Prudhoe Bay in Alaska at the north, a total distance of 15,000 miles! The record was 50 days, but that was unverified. So they enlist Ross McWhirter of the
The book was not that entertaining to read. The two men were traveling at such a break neck pace and didn't really stop through the entire journey, save for border crossings. What observaional detail there was, is crammed into such short space that it is lost. There was some interesting drama between the men as they endured the experience,but that didn't make up for the lack of any real fleshed out story detail. And after the first 95% of the book tells of the journey through Mexico, the rest of the journey is told in about 15 pages!
If the authors goal was to make the reader experience the slam bang pace of the journey as if they were along on the trip he succeeded. But to me there were many situations and places on the trip that could have been fleshed out better. Maybe even add a map or two. And about the second half of the journey? I guess nothing happened. By the end I just wanted the trip (and the read) to be over. Oh, by the way, they set the record in 23 and 1/2 days.
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Guiness Book of Records to ascertain that their achievement would be a verified record. They believed they could make the journey in 25 days.The book was not that entertaining to read. The two men were traveling at such a break neck pace and didn't really stop through the entire journey, save for border crossings. What observaional detail there was, is crammed into such short space that it is lost. There was some interesting drama between the men as they endured the experience,but that didn't make up for the lack of any real fleshed out story detail. And after the first 95% of the book tells of the journey through Mexico, the rest of the journey is told in about 15 pages!
If the authors goal was to make the reader experience the slam bang pace of the journey as if they were along on the trip he succeeded. But to me there were many situations and places on the trip that could have been fleshed out better. Maybe even add a map or two. And about the second half of the journey? I guess nothing happened. By the end I just wanted the trip (and the read) to be over. Oh, by the way, they set the record in 23 and 1/2 days.
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LibraryThing member DaffodilTurner
Hilarious and original
LibraryThing member knfmn
This book is barely readable. The author takes what could be a great concept and destroys it with droning.