“What truly sets this circumnavigation of the continental U.S. apart is Batchelder’s kindness, which exudes through every experience. Readers will benefit not only from a new understanding of the borderlands but also the example of how to negotiate daily life with a benevolent heart. . . . [A] great book with beautiful writing.”
"This is a thoughtful, poetic book filled with droll humor and wry observation."
“The American highway is rotten with writers – Kerouac, Steinbeck, Henry Miller, William Least Heat-Moon – who have tried to capture the spirit of this immense and perplexing country. Ben Batchelder has joined the illustrious crowd with a book that is entertaining, enlightening, opinionated, frequently funny and always heartfelt.”
My first book club reading/event was terrific fun. It is such an honor to get feedback from over a dozen of serious readers (and new friends).
Borderlands USA's very successful book launch, held in Miami Beach's Botanical Gardens, included three different readings and a photo exhibit from the journey.
A reading in the city where it all started was emotional and gratifying for me, sharing my "romance on wheels" with many old and new friends.
First reading of Borderlands USA west of the Appalachians...
The first reading west of the Rockies was a delight, in the Primo Passo Coffee Shop, with their first literary event in a new series.
