{"product_id":"a-bicycle-trip-of-long-ago-from-saint-paul-minnesota-to-new-york-boston-and-back-in-1915-9798218185541","title":"A Bicycle Trip of Long Ago: From Saint Paul, Minnesota to New York, Boston, and back in 1915","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Leon W. Schroeder\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Schroeder Family Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Schroeder Family Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Bicycles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1915, Leon W. Schroeder and his cousin Harwood E. Temple were high school students in St. Paul, Minnesota. With a few basic supplies and a little cash, the two boys set out on a roundtrip bicycle journey to New York and Boston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey left St. Paul on June 28 and returned home on October 8, after pedaling and walking 3,627 miles through twelve states. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e65 years later, in 1980, Leon Schroeder wrote a detailed description of the entire trip. The 310-page book was typewritten, with photos and illustrations pasted in. Twelve signed and numbered hardbound duplicates were made for family members. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2023, one of Leon Schroeder's original typewritten books was digitally photographed to produce this replica.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this colorful day-by-day narrative of their bicycle journey, Leon and Harwood provide us with a wonderful view of life in the USA in the early 20th Century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was an era of goodwill, generosity, muddy roads, and innocent adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Schroeder Family Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45137935073431,"sku":"9798218185541","price":2259.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798218185541.webp?v=1768542757","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-bicycle-trip-of-long-ago-from-saint-paul-minnesota-to-new-york-boston-and-back-in-1915-9798218185541","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}