Overview

A father and son travel across North America in a pick-up truck--talking, laughing, fighting, and bonding.

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Author:   Lee Gutkind ,  Sam Gutkind
Publisher:   State University of New York Press
Imprint:   Excelsior Editions
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.227kg
ISBN:  

9781438432601

ISBN 10:   1438432607
Pages:   204
Publication Date:   02 July 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Preface: ""What's All This Blood, Dad? I Don't Understand!"" Acknowledgments Prologue: Africa-July 2009 Part I. The Open Road Portal-2004 The Evolution of Truckin' Chasing Madness Trapped at the Border Listening to the Road Wet Run The Jack London of Rock and Roll Hello? Artful Charlie The Dyl Anticipation Tuna Fish Trouble Sam's Dangerous Disease Another Border Crossing Buttering Toast Father Knows Best? The Rope Test The ""Make My Day"" Syndrome The Red Bike Hakuna Matata Part II . Religious Experiences Laowai-March 2008 Creation Elation Moshe Dann Radio Shack Rose Aunt Hattie Getting Lost and Losing It The Big Picture Antelope Galloping Paul and Barbara Bears on the Brain Winning (and Losing) the Race The Summit Old Men The Godel Connection Afterword by Sam Gutkind Uhuru Truckin': A Final Word, by Lee Gutkind"

Reviews

...Gutkind launched a tradition of hopping in his truck with his son and taking off, destination unknown. He shares the powerful connection the two forged through these journeys ... although the book is more a memoir than parenting guide, Gutkind celebrates creativity as parents seek to connect with their children. - ForeWord Reviews ...a frank, funny, quasi-religious memoir of one graying Boomer's attempt to redefine fatherhood. - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ...reflections on the nature of family, love, and the father and son bond. - Publishers Weekly In this funny and moving tale about the long strange trip that is fatherhood, Gutkind offers readers a precious truth-that it is only through the eyes of our children that we see ourselves clearly. - Ariel Sabar, author of My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq This blazingly original memoir has just become my favorite American road story. When Lee Gutkind and his teenage son, Sam, light out for adventure on the highway, what is supposed to be a vision-quest turns into a struggle for the driver's seat. Gutkind writes better than anyone about the heartbreaking and thrilling sacrifices of parenthood. This book is the Fear and Loathing of fatherhood-by turns hilarious, twisted, and poignant. - Pagan Kennedy, author of The First Man-Made Man: The Story of Two Sex Changes, One Love Affair, and a Twentieth-Century Medical Revolution and Black Livingstone: A True Tale of Adventure in the Nineteenth-Century Congo Truckin' with Sam is a multilevel traveling tale that takes you around the globe in more ways than one. Lee Gutkind has written a superb account of the father-son bond as it evolves in the heat and heart of their many adventures. - Lauren Slater, author of

...Gutkind launched a tradition of hopping in his truck with his son and taking off, destination unknown. He shares the powerful connection the two forged through these journeys ... although the book is more a memoir than parenting guide, Gutkind celebrates creativity as parents seek to connect with their children. - ForeWord Reviews

Author Information

Lee Gutkind is Distinguished Writer in Residence at the Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes and Professor in the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University; founding editor of the journal Creative Nonfiction; and the author or editor of over a dozen books, including Almost Human: Making Robots Think; Forever Fat: Essays by the Godfather; and The Art of Creative Nonfiction. His son, Sam Gutkind, is now a freshman at Carnegie Mellon University.

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