The Back of Beyond A North American Road Trip, Kiwi Style! |
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Author:
| Coleman, Claire |
ISBN: | 978-1-4931-0743-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2013 |
Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation LLC
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $3.99 |
Book Description:
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Kiwi-a small, flightless, nocturnal bird which is native to, and the national symbol of, New Zealand. We travelled around the United States and Canada for twelve months towing a camper, touching on all forty-eight contiguous states and eight Canadian Provinces. As we tried to support the American economy the only way we knew how-by sticking to the secondary roads, stopping at all the small towns, and buying beer at all the backwoods bars-we were continually asked the same questions:...
More DescriptionKiwi-a small, flightless, nocturnal bird which is native to, and the national symbol of, New Zealand. We travelled around the United States and Canada for twelve months towing a camper, touching on all forty-eight contiguous states and eight Canadian Provinces. As we tried to support the American economy the only way we knew how-by sticking to the secondary roads, stopping at all the small towns, and buying beer at all the backwoods bars-we were continually asked the same questions: "What are you?"-"We're Kiwis." "Where are you from?"-"New Zealand, but we live in Australia." "What are you doing here?"-"We want to see every State, learn all the history, and experience what it is like to live as an American." "Why?"-"Because America gets such a bad rap around the world, we want to find out for ourselves if it is justified . . . and if you really are as good as you think you are . . ."