Customer Reviews
Good stuff. - By: Gabriel Morris, 25 Jun 2005 
First, I should just admit that I'm a contributor to the book, so I admittedly have a bit of a bias. But I was truly impressed by the quality of the book layout itself, as well as the quality of the writing. There's a huge range of stories, from a few sentences to several pages, & the types of experiences people have had hitchhiking pretty much covers the entire range of possibility. Some of them (including almost the entire section of "Bad Trips") are downright scary. Most of the book, however, is people telling their positive experiences getting from Point A to Point B by thumbing a lift. And those experiences are not of the usual variety, even by traveling standards. If you want to read some unique, genuine, inspiring, & down-to-earth travel accounts, then I'd definitely recommend this book. There is, literally, nothing else like it on the bookshelves right now. Who would have thought that a member of British Parliament, a Nobel prize winner, Janis Joplin's guitarist, an arctic explorer, mainstream magazine editors, the creator of Dungeons & Dragons, & assorted everyday travelers (such as myself) would be featuredin the same collection of stories? Pretty cool stuff.
Let's hitch again - By: , 22 Jun 2005 This is a great read - so many varied stories - (one a cartoon!) on what I believed was a defunct activity. Now I find out that it is alive & kicking around the world & still somehow undertakenin the same spirit asin the past. The contributors are a mix people from all walks of life - the more well-known are (refreshingly),not the run-of-the-mill 'celebs', but people who were shaped by their hitching experiences & who can obviously write too.
The book has neatly brought together the past & the present & offers perhaps some kind of idea of how sharing & cooperation might benefit usin the future, not justin transport terms butin the greater sense. It is a book which entertains, informs & provokes thought - what else could you want from a book?
Good fun - By: Sophie, 17 Jun 2005 
I loved this. Good trips, bad trips, strange encounters (Mike Leigh & a cross-dresser!) I thought every story was great. I have not ever hitch hiked before but I may now try it, I will see!
At last! - By: Sophie, 12 Jun 2005 At last - a book on hitchhiking tales! I've been looking for this for years - why on earth hasn't it been done sooner? Having been on this quest for such a long time I was greatly relieved that this book doesn't disappoint. The good thing about it is that it covers good adventures as well as bad - all part of the hitchhiking experience. Some of the tales are hilarious - read Doug Stanhope's!. It includes tales from journalists & muscians to carpenters & dairy farmers & all the adventures recounted are highly entertaining. Most importantly it restored my faithin the human spirit - not everyone has become as selfish & unwilling to share as I'd dreaded. You never know, perhaps I'll dust off my thumb & stick it out once more!
