{"product_id":"slowspoke-a-unicyclists-guide-to-america-9781603585903","title":"Slowspoke: A Unicyclist's Guide to America","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy a unicycle? Why a cross-country trip? Why leave a prominent New York magazine and return to the simple life in Kentucky? Reminiscent of classic literary travelogues  Mark Schimmoellers Slowspoke: A Unicyclists Guide to America takes readers on an inward  emotional journey as he inches across landscapes and communities from North Carolina to Arizona. Schimmoeller became inspired by his unicycle as an adolescent. It taught him that rushingwhether down the driveway or toward adulthoodwould cause a fall  and so  instead of accepting the speeding  straight line that de-fines modern American life  he adopted his single wheels wayward rhythms. Written with poise and humor  Slowspoke is more than a cross-country trip on a unicycle; its a meditation on a playful  recalcitrant slowness that is increasingly rare in a culture obsessed with acceleration. At times ach-ing and other times joyful  Schimmoeller intersperses recollections of his journey with vignettes of his present-day  off-the-grid homesteading with his wife in Kentucky and their efforts to save an old-growth forest. Schimmoellers personal journey will resonate with anyone who has slowed down to experience life at a unicycles speed or who longs to do so  who has fallen in love or searched for it  or who has treasured tall trees or mourned their loss.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45276620849205,"sku":"ByrdShop_1603585907","price":65.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781603585903.jpg?v=1780558144","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/slowspoke-a-unicyclists-guide-to-america-9781603585903","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}