{"product_id":"riding-toward-everywhere-9780061256769","title":"Riding Toward Everywhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eArelentlessly curious, endlessly sensitive, and unequivocally adventurous examiner of human existence, William T. Vollmann now takes to the rails. In the company of experienced fellow train-hopper Steve, Vollmann trawls the secretive waters of a unique underground lifestyle--subjecting both our national romance with and skepticism about the hobo life to his finely tuned, analytical eye. Carrying on in the footloose tradition of Huckleberry Finn, he offers a moving, strikingly modern vision of the American dream, brilliantly exploring both our deeply ingrained romanticizing of \"freedom\" and the myriad ways we restrict the very freedoms we profess to admire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVollmann, William T.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eWilliam T. Vollmann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories, and a seven-volume critique of violence, \u003cem\u003eRising Up and Rising Down\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cem\u003ePoor People\u003c\/em\u003e, a worldwide examination of poverty through the eyes of the impoverished themselves; \u003cem\u003eRiding Toward Everywhere\u003c\/em\u003e, an examination of the train-hopping hobo lifestyle; and Imperial, a panoramic look at one of the poorest areas in America. He has won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a Shiva Naipaul Memorial Prize and a Whiting Writers' Award. His journalism and fiction have been published in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSpin\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGranta\u003c\/em\u003e. Vollmann lives in Sacramento, California.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50725256134930,"sku":"9780061256769","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6dbdbabc-9920-462b-b1fa-01d833cbaaeb.jpg?v=1734822449","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/riding-toward-everywhere-9780061256769","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}