Kevin James Shay

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Goodreads No. 1 Best Books about Kids on Road Trips, Top 3 Best Entertaining Travel Books, Top 5 Best Books about Road Trips in America, Top 15 Best Travelogs of People Who Should Get Their Heads Examined. There are road trips. And there are road odysseys. Not too long ago, journalist and single dad Kevin Shay took his two kids on the latter, a 17-day adventure across the United States and back in their aging Honda CR-V. On the almost 7,000-mile journey, they visited some of the nation's best attractions, such as the Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, and the Corn Palace in South Dakota. But this book is much more than a travelogue on how they managed to drive across the Southwest desert at night without encountering a dead body. The Shays provide answers to some of humanity's most bewildering mysteries. For one, just how did Billy Graham obtain a Hollywood Walk of Fame star when he has spent much of his life ranting against the alleged sins of Tinseltown? They introduce Mad Trip Tips. "Make sure you control the radio," advises 13-year-old Preston. "You don't want to listen to some old-fashioned music the whole time." As her father and brother tour the Pro Football Hall of Fame, 10-year-old McKenna advises, "Bring your iPod, a book, or something else to look at while your brother and Dad are taking too much time here." You think you can get that from some Fodor's travel guide? The Shays also offer Mad Trip Trivia, or Fun Facts, lending insight into North America's most popular national parks, museums, and theme parks, tallest skyscrapers, deadliest storms, and more. There are long lists of fairly obscure trivial facts, attractions, and resources to help you on your next journey. As a bonus, the last chapter details another 17-day road odyssey the Shays took through mostly new territory in 2022, proving they still were willing to tackle this type of journey. They were older, but not necessarily wiser.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Random Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781881365839
• Artikelnr.: 72844145

Autorenporträt

Kevin James Shay remains one of the few in his generation to actually use his journalism degree - earned from the University of North Texas in 1981 - for almost four decades. He has worked or written for more than 40 newspapers, blogs, and magazines, including The Dallas Morning News, The Washington Post's Gazette, AOL, One World News Service, Minority Business News USA, Texas Catholic, Dallas Times Herald, Medium, and Alternet.
His books include Operation Chaos: The Trump Coup and the Campaign to Erode Democracy [2021], Death of the Rising Sun: A Search for Truth in the JFK Assassination [2017], It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Trip: On the Road of the Longest Two-Week Family Road Trip in History [2014], Walking through the Wall [2012], A Parent's Guide to Dallas/Fort Worth [2003], and And Justice For All: The Untold History of Dallas [2000].
Shay has met and interviewed Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Robert Redford, Al Gore, Colin Powell, Oprah Winfrey, Jesse Jackson, Magic Johnson, and Tiger Woods, among others. He has exposed systemic racism in politics, government waste, psychiatric facility abuse, contracting inequities, and other societal ills. He was kicked out of the former East Germany several times, detained by authorities in the former Yugoslavia, and strip searched by guards at Los Angeles International Airport.
Shay has received awards from numerous professional and community organizations, including Lincoln University's Unity Awards in Media, Maryland-Delaware-Washington, D.C. Press Association, Dallas Press Club, Bethesda Literary Festival, Texas Press Association, American Cancer Society, Local Media Association, Suburban Newspapers of America, and Mental Health Association.
An avid traveler, he drove his kids through 22 states and 6,950 miles across the United States and back in 17 days. That trip was certified as the most miles driven by one driver on a family road trip in roughly two weeks by a world record organization. He also walked some 5,000 miles across the United States and Europe as part of a group that set a record for the longest group walk for a cause in 1984 and 1985.
Shay also does some photography and collects art, rare books, autographs, and other memorabilia. One of his landscape works placed fourth in its division in the Texas State Fair and was exhibited there. An Eagle Scout, he has been active in community organizations, including as a board member of the ACLU and Rainbow Bridge, Scouting adult ...