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Características del artículo
- Estado
- Type
- Novel
- Signed By
- not
- Signed
- No
- Book Series
- Bill Hancock
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- Standard Hardcover Edition
- ISBN
- 9781596701045
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Sports Publishing, LLC
ISBN-10
1596701048
ISBN-13
9781596701045
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48680895
Product Key Features
Book Title
Riding with the Blue Moth
Number of Pages
252 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Cycling, Personal Memoirs
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
20 oz
Item Length
9.6 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-028036
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
796.6092 B
Synopsis
After the death of his son, Will, in the 2001 airplane crash that took the lives of nine additional members of the Oklahoma State basketball team and support staff, Hancock's 2,747-mile journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic became more than just a distraction. It became a pilgrimage. Photos., After the death of his son, Will, in the 2001 airplane crash that took the lives of nine additional members of the Oklahoma State basketball team and support staff, survival became a common word in Bill Hancock's vocabulary. Bicycling was simply the method by which he chose to distract himself from his grief. But for Hancock, the 2,747-mile journey from the Pacific Coast to the Atlantic Coast became more than just a distraction. It became a pilgrimage, even if Hancock didn't realize it upon dipping his rear tire in the Pacific Ocean near Huntington Beach, California in the wee hours of a July morning. On his two-wheel trip, Hancock battled searing heat and humidity, curious dogs, unforgiving motorists and the occasional speed bump--usually a dead armadillo. Hancock's thoughts returned to common themes: memories of his son Will, the prospect of life without Will for he and his wife, and the blue moth of grief and depression. That pesky moth fluttered around Hancock as if he was a beaming lamp pole in an empty parking lot. Some suggested Hancock cope with medication; others suggested he get back to his job as coordinator of the NCAA men's basketball tournament as soon as possible. But, Hancock found himself a glutton for his own punishment, unable to shake that blue moth from shadowing him on each step of his everyday routine. So, Hancock chose to battle the beast one-on-one, taking the moth on the ride of its life across America in the hopes of shaking free of its constraints. Possibly, he could loose it around a corner in one of the small towns he would traverse through: Hope, Arizona; Chickasha, Oklahoma; Onward, Mississippi; Pleasant Hill, Georgia. On a muggy August morn, Hancockdipped his front wheel into the Atlantic Ocean along the Georgia coastline of Tybee Island. The bothersome blue moth was still loitering nearby. But, by completion of the trek, the pest had taken on a new role for Hancock. The blue moth wouldn't be drowned in either ocean, or in the buckets of perspiration that Hancock shed along the highways of this country. He was with Hancock for the longer haul, and for once Hancock was okay with that., After the death of his son, Will, in the 2001 airplane crash that also took the lives of nine other members of the Oklahoma State basketball family, survival became the most important word in Bill Hancock's vocabulary. For Hancock, the director of the NCAA men's basketball fournament, survival meant discovering a path back to a nearnormal life. That path took him on his dream journey, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic-by bicycle. The 2,700-mile odyssey grew to be more than mere physical exercise; it became a pilgrimage of transcendental proportions. Pedaling 85 miles each day was only half the battle. On his two-wheel trip across America's underbelly, Hancock battled searing summer heat and humidity, curious dogs, unforgiving motorists, and the occasional speed bump-usually a dead armadillo. His thoughts returned to common themes: memories of his son Will and the prospect of life without Will for him and his wife, who had joined him for support on the journey. Also joining him was an imaginary companion, one that symbolized grief and depression: a pesky blue moth that fluttered around his head as if Hancock were a beaming lamp pole in a darkened parking lot. Hancock tried to battle the beast one on one, taking the moth on the ride of its life in the hope of shaking free of its constraints. Possibly he could lose it around a corner in one of the small towns he would visit: Show Low, Arizona; Nazareth, Texas; Mountain View, Oklahoma; Hope, Arkansas; Onward, Mississippi. But when Hancock dipped his front wheel into the Atlantic Ocean on an August morn, the pest was still loitering overhead. The blue moth hadn't been drowned in either ocean, or in the buckets of perspiration that Hancock had shed along the highways of this country. At last the weary cyclist was ready to accept that the moth would be with him for the longer haul. Book jacket.
LC Classification Number
GV1051.H3A3 2005
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