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The Ten Million Mile Man

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At the beginning of his book Bob LaPlante quotes Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.."As life is action and passion, it is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his time, at peril of being judged not to have lived"...It was apparent after reading this book that Mr. LaPlante has truly taken advantage of his traveling opportunities and will be judged to have "lived life".

After reading the book we made arrangements to meet and interview this extraordinary man at his retirement home in Michigan's U.P. for our television series MICHIGAN MAGAZINE..and found the afternoon we spent with him truly overwhelming!

His reminiscence of those stories he features in this book was "spell binding" to say the least...Accented by a true humility for being given the chance to experience life's adventurous "twists and turns" through his 4 decades of service as a US Diplomactic Courier.

I believe any reader will find themselves lost within the pages of this short but exciting (175 pages)account of a man who truly is a TEN MILLION MILE MAN (10.8 Million to be more exact).

Thank you Mr. LaPlante for sharing your life with us!

This is an amazing book, written by an amazing man. Bob's footprints were left all over this world and you can see those places through his eyes, which late in life, failed him.

I would always speak to Bob when he came into the Three Mile Supper Club in Manistique, where his home was just outside the city limits. He always had a friendly greeting and a little story to tell.

The Ten Million Mile Man is filled with short accounts of his travels and experiences while a courier. Very interesting and quite funny at times, dangerous at others. An excellent book of adventures!

This book remains as a loud voice of the man who passed away quietly.