{"product_id":"9781897109885","title":"Continental Drifter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFleeing the increasing pressure to settle down, a restless young man heeds the call of the road and sets out on a meandering four-month bus trip from Dawson, Yukon, to Key West, Florida. \u003ci\u003eContinental Drifter\u003c\/i\u003e is the record of that journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough a journalist by training, Dave Cameron is reluctant to play the role. He hopes merely to observe quietly, to collect experience. On the road he meets a variety of strangers, some more strange than others — from the Dawson City gold miner in designer sunglasses, the evangelistic co-ed, and a number of alcoholics (some more recovering than others) to the owner of a shrine to Elvis, the Crocodile Lady, and the leathery pensioner intent on passing his days beneath the palm trees of Miami Beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollecting stories and mementos as he goes, by the end of his travels Cameron has also acquired a richer sense of the possibilities of his own life. Equal parts travel picaresque and coming-of-age memoir, \u003ci\u003eContinental Drifter\u003c\/i\u003e is at once an interpretation of many fleeting individuals and a gradual discovery of one in particular.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Signature Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131923611888,"sku":"9781897109885","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781897109885_p0.jpg?v=1763610922","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781897109885","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}