Life In The Slow Track

by Earl K. Wichern


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Softcover
£10.75
Softcover
£10.75

Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 01/02/2001

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 5x8
Page Count : 208
ISBN : 9781588202321

About the Book

Life In The Slow Track is the unvarnished tale of three Wisconsin country boys out to prove their mettle and conquer the world on a remarkable 1939 balloon-tire bicycle journey to the World's Fair in New York City. Writing with disarming candor and almost total recall 60 years after the fact, author Earl Wichern chronicles the hijinks, triumphs and near tragedies of the fearless threesome of Depression-era teenagers on the highways and byways of an almost forgotten era. The world they encounter and embrace is a far cry from the 21st century, yet some of the lessons learned and values extolled still ring true.


About the Author

Widowed after 50 years, but hale and hearty and newly wed at the age of 78, Earl Wichern can look back on a life of varied business, agricultural, and musical ventures in and around his hometown of Baraboo, Wisconsin. Still, one of the defining events of his life was the 1300-mile bicycle journey he made with high school pals Ken Harvey and Bob Schult in 1939 at the age of 18. Now retired, Earl spends much of his time volunteering and visiting patients at Baraboo area hospitals and nursing homes.