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Binding: Audio CassetteEAN: 9780310223634 ISBN: 0310223636 Label: Zondervan Publishing Company Manufacturer: Zondervan Publishing Company Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: March 01, 1998 Publisher: Zondervan Publishing Company Studio: Zondervan Publishing Company Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: This condensed audio version of The Heart of America, in the spirit of Peter Jenkin's "Walk Across America", chronicles a bicycle journey across the continent in which the author will attempt to get in touch emotionally and spiritually with the grassroots citizen and Christian. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Too much religion, not enough cyclingDon't bother with this one if you want to read about his experiences cycling. Get it if you want to reinforce your Christian faith, or be converted. Unfortunately, I was interested in the cycling angle. This book is not much more than an advertisement for Focus on the Family, the author's employer. Rating:  - Mike Trout's Cycling is less than Awe-inspiring!Even though I am a fan of Focus on the Family, and Mike Trout was the co-host of the broadcast when I read this book, I found it did not hold my attention. His descriptions of the places he stopped could have been enlarged, as well as the people he met and the sights he saw. He was accompanied by his son in law, and planned the coast to coast route which was not necessarily the easiest, but one which passed through Colorado, home of Focus on the Family. I agree that this could have been ... Read More Rating:  - Great Book, but with a few qualificationsIf you are looking for a technical/tour guide type manual about crossing the country by bicycle, skip this one. If you are looking book written by an evangelical Christian bicyclist about his journey across our great country, this is the one. Mike Trout, co-host of the Focus on the Family radio program, shares his experiences as he meets other Christians while doing something many of us only dream about. The hospitality and graciousness of the people he met along the way, gave me as a reader a renewed ... Read More Rating:  - What an Encouragement!Living life to the fullest is something we all talk about but rarley do. This book is a great testimony of a man who actually did just that. My husband and I are coming up on age 50 and have talked about doing something adventurous for the past several years. Mike's book has definitely encouraged and motivated us to step up our plans. There is so much to experience in life if we just take that first step. We have made arrangements to backpack across the entire Appalachian trail next year. I can't wait. ... Read More Rating: - Something is MissingI purchased this book with interest since I, too, have taken cross-country bike trips. And I did find that two of Trout's messages rang clear. Those being that a person does need to pursue challenges of some kind or risk being absorbed by our spectator society, and that at heart people are basically kind and good-willed. I also found that some of Trout's "people he met" stories were interesting to read, and did bring back some personal memories. I was, however, disappointed with the overall flavor of the ... Read More 
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