Hitching: Tales from the Byways and Superhighways [Paperback]

Kirsty Brooks (Author)

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About the Author

Hitching, claims author Kirsty Brooks, is a dying form of travel. In a series of stories gathered from friends in pubs and nerds on the net, Hitching documents the perils and peculiarities of hitch-hiking - the danger, the sex, the good times, the weird times, the dull times, the pathos, the fear and the realisation that life and exper ience are transitory. Hitching comes in a groovy landscape format with tear-out postcards.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Wakefield Press (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1862543623
• ISBN-13: 978-1862543621
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,203,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go West Young Grrl!, March 15, 2000

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Russell B. Farr (Perth, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitching: Tales from the Byways and Superhighways (Paperback)

Kirsty Brooks set out to write a book about hitchhiking. She got a car and headed out, looking for hikers to pick up.

She found less than a dozen.

So she went out and collected stories from all over the world of the strangest occurrences that have happened, from drink-driving mayors in France to hitchhiking in Japan, where the drivers will give you their umbrellas when you stop.

It's a great read, interlaced with some wonderful picture-postcards, making the whole book a very attractive package.