Black and White: Two Contemporary American Thumbers

experienced hitch-hiker, but an experienced writer, a teacher of writing no less, at he can tell a story. The mission fell by the wayside somewhere, National Geographic threw in some token photos, but nothing to do with the trip (more to do with Tomasz' trip in the background) and one tiny little frame on the dust-jacket where one imagines, one can see the author (though his charming wife and two daughters are clear to see). "As for how America has changed in the last quarter-century, I can barely even conceive of America as a single place, having seen so much of it, and its vast contradictions. Instead, it seems to be me who has changed," Brookes concludes – not much of a result really for a plan that read "Find out what America was really like now.".

But Brookes felt that coming on early in the trip, and far more importantly, the real conclusion to this tale: "I've got to do this trip again in ten years' time to see what happens to all these characters, I thought, even if I'm in a wheelchair.", an I'll be there to hold him to his word!

Two charming books, two charming tales, two charming chaps, each in their own way, they both serve as icons of the times, and I'm so happy to see the thumb back on the bookshelves!

Both books are available through Amazon on-line.

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