Wilderness Road Odyssey
A Cyclist's Journey through Present and Past
by Fess Green

• Radford University professor Fess Green uses his historical knowledge and sense of humor to describe his bicycling adventures on the Wilderness Road. This book describes the migration of early Americans, Green's personal bicycle journey, and places of interest for today's travelers. Includes 48 photographs and 7 maps.

• "The book gives a reader the feeling that he or she is perched on Dr. Green's bicycle handlebars, moving at the right speed for comprehending the adventures and hazards of traveling on America's first track west." -- Dr. Richard Scott, author of Eyewitness to the Old West

• Excerpt: From page 130:
  "...the Wilderness Road becomes Route 654, the Old Baltimore Road. I had hoped we would get to see the "ordinary" along this road once known as the Red Horse Tavern....Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, was a guest in 1832 where it is said that he ordered trout from the New River. Unable to oblige him, the clever host prepared catfish to look like trout, and "Old Hickory" was quite satisfied with his piscine repast."

• ISBN 0-936015-94-2
  • viii + 256 pages, 5 1/2 inches x 8 1/2 inches, paperbound
  • 48 photographs, 7 maps
  • $15.00 plus shipping, per copy
    • US shipping and handling - $5.00, add $.50 for each additional book
    • International shipping and handling - $15.00 for Priority Mail International