Spokesongs: Bicycle Adventures on Three Continents

by Willie Weir

Book Overview

Reading Willie Weir is like bouncing along on the back of his bike, hanging tight to this poet/guide who knows just which potholes offer the most travel thrills and hits them expertly. In Spokesongs ,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0965679268
• ISBN13: 9780965679268
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Pineleaf Productions
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic!!--Each story whisks you away on a new adventure.

Reading Spokesongs was like a wonderful journey into places I have only dreamed about. Willie writes on such an absorbing and personal level that after reading each chapter, I found myself looking up and almost blinking when I realized I was still in Seattle. He takes us with him as he travels the world and what a wonderful adventure we are invited to share!

You'll laugh, you'll cry...Don't miss it!

In "Spokesongs", Willie Weir demonstrates the rare combination of indomitable spirit and poetic soul. "Spokesongs" will thrill you with its daring adventure and touch you with its sensitive portrayal of Willie's personal interactions. "Spokesongs" is a great read and a perfect gift.

"Innocents Abroad" on a bike

Willie Weir is a wonderful story-teller. His lighthearted accounts of daily adventure in unfamiliar lands have an "Innocents,Abroad-like" quality that is very engaging. Read this book!

A riveting account of biking in places I only dream about

This book not only appeals to recreational bikers who dream of biking in "other worlds", but gives an arm-chair traveler a glimpse into the backroads of countries, into the lives of real people living real lives. In a wonderful easy reading, humouous manner, Willie Weir has made us all believe that if we can dream it, we can do it..if we're willing to go for a week without clean underwear or everyday predictability.

Great short adventures that whisk you away & make you smile!

Willie has a great way of communicating the absurd and outrageously funny, while still standing back far enough from the culture he is cycling through to paint the everyday experience for us, as well as suck us into the feeling of adventure that courses through his journey. We get to share in his lonley moments and in his fear and disgust at what he finds along the roads and tracks he peddals. I certainly hope we get more "Spokesongs" from Willie Weir in the future, but meantime buy two copies of this one, one for yourself to read every few months, and one for someone you love!Stephen Counsell