Sovietrek: A Journey by Bicycle Across Russia

by Dan Buettner

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• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822529505
• ISBN13: 9780822529507
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 3

Customer Reviews

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Wonderul book on a simply amazing bicycle trek. Pictures were stunners. This man has biked from the polar regions to Tierra del Fuego, circumnavigated the globe, of which the journey across Russia was but a part, and biked the length of the African continent. Incredible feats, hardships, and adventures. Immensely enjoyable for all ages.

Descriptive and interesting

What is often missing in writings about Russia is a vision of the people as generous. In this book, an interest in outsiders and a willingness to share often meager resources characterize the people. There are plenty of stunning photographs and descriptions of the trials endured by the travelers. Bugs and mud come to mind. One gets a strong sense of the excitement and adventure that motivated the guys to take the trek. A child of eight or ten could handle this book, but for an adult of twenty-eight, it was still interesting.