Bill Kiene semi-retired
09-10-2013, 04:37 PM
This old book comes highly recommended by a fly fishing friend of mine.
"Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909" Paperback - by Evelyn Gibb (Author)
"Two boys on a bike trip are sure to find adventure. Send them off into the wilds of the American West, and it's a safe bet adventure will find them.
In 1909, Vic McDaniel and Ray Franciso, just out of high school, set out from Santa Rosa, CA., on second-hand bikes, bound for the great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Vic and Ray reported their adventures to their home-town newspaper, and what adventures they had.
They met their share of memorable characters, from a young girl who stole Ray's heart to pin-striped hustler who tried to pick Vic's pocket. They traveled beside railroad tracks, fought their way around boulders and up brushy hillsides, and crossed rivers layered with salmon. They survived a grizzly's nocturnal visit and the sudden terror of a snake bite. They held their breaths crossing railroad trestles over treacherous canyons, and discovered that a railroad tunnel doesn't offer safe passage when you're halfway through and a train comes along.
Evelyn Gibb, Vic's daughter, has drawn on his recollections to tell this incredible adventure in his voice. A captivating account of a journey that today we can only dream about, "Two Wheels North" has won the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Nonficiton Book Award."
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Wheels-North-Bicycling-Coast/dp/0870714856
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=664&q=book+two+wheels+north&oq=book+two+wheels+north&gs_l=img.12...2931.8113.0.10677.21.10.0.11.11.0.93 .833.10.10.0....0...1ac.1.26.img..7.14.842.KfJCdpJ lvhE#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=PT_vfmYyg6Q21M%3A%3BRrrMqscjKNdk5M%3Bhttp%25 3A%252F%252F4culture.org%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2009%252F09%252FTWN2.jpg%3 Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.4culture.org%252F2009%252F 09%252Ftwo-wheels-north-gets-rolling%252F%3B450%3B320
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"Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909" Paperback - by Evelyn Gibb (Author)
"Two boys on a bike trip are sure to find adventure. Send them off into the wilds of the American West, and it's a safe bet adventure will find them.
In 1909, Vic McDaniel and Ray Franciso, just out of high school, set out from Santa Rosa, CA., on second-hand bikes, bound for the great Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Vic and Ray reported their adventures to their home-town newspaper, and what adventures they had.
They met their share of memorable characters, from a young girl who stole Ray's heart to pin-striped hustler who tried to pick Vic's pocket. They traveled beside railroad tracks, fought their way around boulders and up brushy hillsides, and crossed rivers layered with salmon. They survived a grizzly's nocturnal visit and the sudden terror of a snake bite. They held their breaths crossing railroad trestles over treacherous canyons, and discovered that a railroad tunnel doesn't offer safe passage when you're halfway through and a train comes along.
Evelyn Gibb, Vic's daughter, has drawn on his recollections to tell this incredible adventure in his voice. A captivating account of a journey that today we can only dream about, "Two Wheels North" has won the Pacific Northwest Writers Association Nonficiton Book Award."
http://www.amazon.com/Two-Wheels-North-Bicycling-Coast/dp/0870714856
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=664&q=book+two+wheels+north&oq=book+two+wheels+north&gs_l=img.12...2931.8113.0.10677.21.10.0.11.11.0.93 .833.10.10.0....0...1ac.1.26.img..7.14.842.KfJCdpJ lvhE#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=PT_vfmYyg6Q21M%3A%3BRrrMqscjKNdk5M%3Bhttp%25 3A%252F%252F4culture.org%252Fwp-content%252Fuploads%252F2009%252F09%252FTWN2.jpg%3 Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.4culture.org%252F2009%252F 09%252Ftwo-wheels-north-gets-rolling%252F%3B450%3B320
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