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Chris Register

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Born

North Carolina, The United States

Website

https://www.spokewordbooks.com

Genre

Nonfiction, Travel

Influences

William Least Heat-Moon, John Steinbeck

Member Since

March 2019

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Chris Register is an explorer at heart. His life's journey has taken him through a thousand villages, towns, cities, rural communities, and wild places spread across several continents. He served in the Peace Corps, graduated Georgetown Law, and litigated cases in U.S. district court before cycling some 16,000 miles across the United States to connect with hundreds of everyday Americans from all 50 states and walks of life. His Conversations With US series now brings readers along on that eye-opening journey.

Chris’s journey continues as he takes this modern American epic from pedal to print with his independent publishing company, Spoke & Word Books.
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	Conversations With US - Great Lakes States (Conversations With US, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2019 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations With US - American Southwest (Conversations With US, #2) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conversations With US: Appalachia & Bluegrass Country it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town

by Beth Macy (Goodreads Author)

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Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

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Chris Register liked Kathy's review of Conversations With US - American Southwest (Conversations With US, #2): "I look forward to reading more of the author's travels. He manages to facilitate conversations that enlighten the opinions of fellow Americans without causing defensiveness. His descriptions of places traveled increase my curiosity to visit those out" Read more of this review »
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Chris Register liked Joseph Edson's review of Conversations With US - American Southwest (Conversations With US, #2): "Great chronicle of a bike ride across the Southwest, mixing in interviews with people from all walks of life. The interviews are more than interesting, given our current national climate. Chris gives a very balanced and honest lens to each conversati" Read more of this review »
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