The Big Ride: AND A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES - Softcover

Baker, Gary H

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1500176656 ISBN 13: 9781500176655

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Climb in the cab with Already Gone and let the miles roll by. See America as he saw it on the tail end of his Big Ride. You’ll feel like you belong, and you’ll be happy to share the ride with Jim “Dog Gone” Harstad when he climbs on board in Seattle.About the time you get real comfortable, tragedy strikes, and you’ll believe it when the author says he couldn’t have written the book without you, that he didn’t have a shot at rebirth without you.The travel odyssey feel of the book is magically enhanced by the selection of the author’s short stories as well as by several very good other writers – Gary K. Everist, Rod Mills, James R. Harstad, and the author’s father Harry H. Baker

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About the Author

Gary H. Baker grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and is proud to claim his status as an “original baby boomer”. The class of ’46 was just that, and it marched off into the 60s as a force to be reckoned with. While some protested, and some sought peace and love, Gary did a four year enlistment in the Navy and pulled a tour of duty off the coast of Vietnam. He later earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Hawaii and a master’s degree in alternative education from Indiana University. Along the way Gary worked as a bouncer, bartender, teacher, coach, coffee salesman, insurance salesman, financial services broker, lawn care business owner, and truck driver. Gary currently calls himself a novelist. In 1986, Gary ran two thousand seven hundred miles in four months to promote the Just Say No clubs, the forerunner to DARE (drug abuse resistance education). Gary sees his writing as an attempt to follow God. Jesus is his Savior, and Gary will tell you quickly that he falls short most of the time, but that won’t keep him from trying again.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1500176656
• ISBN 13: 9781500176655
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 280