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| …And so the grand adventure begins! The bus pulled up in front of my house—a gleaming gargantuan thing that practically blotted out the sun. We went on board and found it to be a veritable pleasure palace, a miracle of rare device... [more] |
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| 5/13/09
Day two of our trek found us heading into Boston to greet the fine folks of Hachette’s New England office. The bus generated its own brand of shock and awe as it lumbered through the narrow winding streets of Boston’s old town, scattering cabs, SUVs, and corporate lawyers crossing a... [more] |
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| 5/14/09
This was a long and grueling day for the dynamic duo. We drove down from Foxwoods Resort into the tangle of the greater New York City area, ending up at a massive Costco on Long Island... [more] |
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| 5/15/09
Day Four of our sojourn found us wending our way southward along the coast, through Maryland, around D.C., and into northern Virginia, to the day’s ultimate destination: the Border’s bookstore in Bailey’s Crossroads... [more] |
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| DAY 5: THRUSTING WESTWARD
5/16/09
After toying with the coast for several days, today we at last penetrated deeply into the heartland. And it proved to be a day of new discoveries for us... [more] |
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| DAY 6: NORTHERN APOGEE
5/17/09
We began the day with a signing at the Joseph-Beth Booksellers store in Lyndhurst, Ohio. This regional chain continues to impress us with its beautiful stores, fine literary ambiance, and friendly, knowledgeable staff... [more] |
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| DAY 7: OHIO, PART I
Now that the tour is into its second and final week we seem to have swung into a relatively comfortable groove. The signings continue to be uniformly well attended and gratifying, and the audiences enthusiastic... [more] |
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| DAY 8: OHIO, PART II. Concerning Enoch Robinson…
This was a relatively quiet day for the Road Trippers—a chance to sleep in a bit at the hotel before boarding the bus (now freshly cleansed of its Brobdingnagian bug-splatter and ready for another leg)... [more] |
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| DAY 9: A Dark Anniversary…
The day began with two more events in Ohio, a state that seems to have commandeered more than its share of Preston-Child attention. First we did an in-studio radio interview at WRRS (thanks, Mark!), followed by a signing at the Cincinnati branch of Joseph-Beth Boo... [more] |
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| DAY 10: Tales of the Moon and Rain
Towards noon, the Preston-Child juggernaut cruised into the lush campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, blotting out the sun. We were boarded by Mystery Mike, a charming fellow, and talked books and signed stock for him... [more] |
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| DAY 11: SOUTHERN APOGEE
We awoke in sunny Nashville with the realization that perhaps we’d better replenish our financial coffers, and fast. We were briefly stumped on how best to accomplish this…until I remembered that this was Music City, after all, and that perhaps my musical talents cou... [more] |
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| DAY 12: DOING THE GEORGIA TWO-STEP
We were not quite sure what to expect from the twelfth day of our perambulations. So far our presentations have taken place mainly at bookstores, but on this day both events were scheduled for public libraries—and not just any library, either, bu... [more] |
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| DAY 13: Two Independents
This was a day of both serious driving and serious signing. Sunday, May 24 found us bombing across the Carolinas in our juggernaut as the tour neared its conclusion.
Both of the day’s signings were held in independent bookstores: Park Road Books in Charlott... [more] |
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| DAY 14: Heading Home
We rose on the final day expecting to conclude the tour with one last, rousing signing at a Books-a-Million outside Richmond. However, due to a miniature black hole passing through Virginia, the place, phone number, and time of the signing printed on our schedule did no... [more] |
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| AND LAST
So what is there left to say, now: two weeks, thirteen hotels, twenty-six black and purple Sharpies, and 3,850 miles later?
We are both awed and humbled by our readers. Your loyalty, friendliness, excitement, and patience are truly remarkable... [more] |
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