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Author
Pub. Date
©2014
Physical Desc
393 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Description
"Sometimes you just have to get away. That unmistakable urge was already growing inside of Mike Krabal when he received advice from a wise soul of eighty-one years to 'get out more.' In October 2011, he traded his life in a small West Virginia town to 132 days on America's open road. This journal spans more than 17,000 miles and recounts every day in remarkable detail."--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Description
"Hop on the bike with Bessie Stringfield, the motorcycle queen of Miami, in this powerful picture book from Coretta Scott King medalist Charles R. Smith, Jr. and debut picture book illustrator Charlot Kristensen. In 1929, 18-year-old Bessie Stringfield hopped on her motorcycle and headed out on an adventure, an unusual choice for a young Black woman at the time. Paying her way by winning motorcycle races, she criss-crossed the country through small...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
361 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 25 cm.
Description
The Discovery Channel star offers an honest reflection on the highs and lows of his life, from his troubled youth to his failed marriages, and discusses his struggle to overcome his own personal demons and make peace with his past.
Author
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
40 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 31 cm
Description
"Have you ever been told that you're not enough? That you're not strong enough, tall enough, or fast enough? Bessie was told she was not enough. This book combines an imagined story of Bessie Stringfield as a young girl with historical facts about the real Bessie, a true adventurer and one of the first African-American women to travel solo across the United States on a motorcycle"--Back cover.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Evel. Not a name that will be forgotten. Not a man that will be forgotten. Hell, he wasn't a man, he was a daredevil. Evel was the original daredevil. He left behind a twisted wreck of a life and a story that can only be told at full speed, straight up, and with no flowery prose. Look back, and look inside. With a cast that includes those who were there, those who wanted to be Evel, and those who became who they are today because of one man.
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