Martin Brick, Wisconsin Review, Volume 36, Number 3
"...wholly original...struggles against fatigue to hear the stories of...people who picked him up...purposeful...."

Bernd Wechner, Hitch-hiking, Feb. 1, 2002, Suite101.com™
"...glorious eccentricity...challenge to the established order...by being who he is.... I can heartily recommend reading Chaet."

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews   8 of 8 people found the following review helpful: The Journey, July 19, 2001 By  Ken Miller (Newtown, PA USA) - See all my reviews "People I Met Hitchhiking" is about a man on a journey to help people by posting his messages on telephone poles. Simple messages, phrases that will perhaps motivate people to be better human beings, but this is not the point of the book. As reflected in the title, the fascinating part of the book is the stories about the people the author meets on the road. Stories of ordinary people's dreams, flaws, ideas, insanity, generosity and cruelty. In it is a vital reflection of the extremes of the human condition, told in a very simple way. Eric's narration wanders from the concrete to the dreamlike, connecting the past with the present at times, but following a larger narrative frame. Stories of bad jobs, good jobs, growing, relationships and living punctuate the hitchhiking episodes, explaining much about what it means to be alive in this world. It's about the freedom to travel and the slavery to wage jobs, and how real people live day to day, and how the poor are undermined and dehumanized by the rich and each other. It's a piece of work that is a fascinating portrait of America, at once beautiful and horrible, awkward and elegant, but extremely rewarding.  Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? (Report this)   3 of 4 people found the following review helpful: A Bold Trip on a Bump