{"product_id":"9781452515489","title":"Godspeed: Riding Out the Recession","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGodspeed: Riding Out the Recession\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the author’s experience of a solo bicycle trek of over 14,000 miles around the USA. Departing from his home in Cincinnati, Ohio on Memorial Day of 2011, he returned just over a year later after promising his Dad that he would be back home in time to celebrate his 90th birthday.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eSeeing adversity as an opportunity, the journey was his response to the crippling effect of the recession upon his work as a carpenter\/contractor. Renting his home and shutting down all of his expenses, he created a food and lodging budget of $15\/day. Maps and smart phone were the major expenses of his experience. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Wild camping” his way around the country, he shares the curious and compelling nature of how people and events showed up for him along the way. Was it simply a journey or a journey created? At the very least it became a pilgrimage that confirmed many of his core beliefs and, in subtle ways, changed others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Balboa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47107236298992,"sku":"9781452515489","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781452515489_p0.jpg?v=1763846604","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781452515489","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}