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John Drake Robinson

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John Robinson comes from a family of teachers. And they taught him to be observant. They just didn't realize what he would end up studying. In a bizarre experiment that lasted 13 years, he drove every mile of every road on his state highway map. In three insightful books, he recorded what he saw.
You can follow his journey, and find his favorite spots. But these books are not travel guides. They're commentaries on life. He penetrated beyond the edges of civilization, peeked into the real American heartland, and lived to tell about it.
His books are "on the road" adventures blending local characters and mom-and-pop food into an archipelago of tasty stories. He dives deep into the wilderness, where the nearest neighbors are coyotes, and the bul ...more

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	A Road Trip Into America's Hidden Heart - Traveling the Back Roads, Backwoods and Back Yards 4.26 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2012 — 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
	Coastal Missouri 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Souls Along the Road: Villains, Saints and Killer Cuisine 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 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
	(A Road Trip Into America's Hidden Heart - Traveling the Back Roads, Backwoods and Back Yards) [By: Robinson, John Drake] [Nov, 2012] by John Drake Robinson (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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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Love this rollercoaster.

The road to Falling Spring is a destination in itself. Missouri highway delivers you there. And Falling Spring Mill has been restored.

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A little further down the road, Greer Spring busts out of a mountainside gushing 222 million gallons of water per day.

This road truly is the Rollercoaster to the Springs.

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Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

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I was a young reader enduring the scourge of attention deficit disorder when Jack London lassoed my focus to the harsh realities of the Great Northwest in his short story, To Build A Fire. Alas, for 60 years my mind wandered through life's blizzards ...more
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Francie and I shared one task in common: Each of us spent months engaged with the Press Clipping Service, Francie poring through newspapers, me reading the clips. Francie survives the harshness of life by by learning "Education would pull them out of ...more
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John Robinson made a comment on his review of The Stranger " Meursault is disappointed in the appearance of the guillotine. Not near as big as he envisioned. Slender. Standing flat on the ground. No pedestal. He ...more "
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John Robinson made a comment on his review of The Metamorphosis " Whatever Gregor Samsa's troubles were with his job paled when he woke up as a giant beetle. As his voice, his motor skills, and his brain function acc ...more "
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