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To read an excerpt from the book, click here.
 
or see what the Los Angeles Times has to say about it!
 
 
The particulars of their trip:

• 12 months of hiking (April-October 1993; April-October 1994)
• estimated 4 tons of litter picked up (1,327 trash bags)
• 4,133 miles traveled across 23 states
• Glen went through three pairs of heavy-duty hiking boots
• featured in over 100 newspapers (four times on the AP wire) and National Enquirer
• seen on The Travel Channel, MSNBC, and other TV shows coast-to-coast
• UNDERWEAR found in every state except Kansas!

 
 
Glen Hanket has been interviewed on over 60 radio shows throughout the country. Some sample questions:

• The book title, Underwear by the Roadside, refers to what?
• What are the most unusual things you found along the way?
• What did you learn about America from your trip?
• Was there any point you were afraid or concerned for your safety?
• Why did you decide to take such an unusual trip?
• What states were the cleanest? the dirtiest?
• How does your book differ from other books about people's long walking or biking trips?
• Travelling the back roads gave you the chance to do and see what things that most people will never experience?
• Your book cover refers to 'the friendliest town in the country'. Where was that, and what made it special?
• How could you carry so much litter? or did you have a garbage truck following you?
• What are the hardest parts of taking such a long trip?
• Where did you stay at night?
• What are the most important things to remember when planning a trip like this?
• How did people in the 'real America' react to you?
• What are the most rewarding aspects of travelling by foot?
• Where can people get your book?

 
The book is available online at Amazon.com, Barnesandnoble.com, borders.com and most other on-line booksellers. It is also available at many stores across the country -- if not in stock, they can order it.
 

 
 
From the Los Angeles Times, Feb 22, 1998:
This sort of travel book can be tedious or addictive, depending on one's state of mind. For me, life is rather frenetical at the moment. So I luxuriated in this step-by-step story of a couple's trek across America. How blissful to simply put one foot in front of the other from Maine to Oregon. How un-L.A. to have long, unhurried conversations with strangers met along the way. The gimmick for these hikers is to pick up roadside trash along the way. The author's straightforward prose and heartfelt appreciation of life's simple joys separate this tome from the weaker examples of this genre that litter bookshelves.
 
 
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