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Comics & Graphic Novels Literary

This American Drive

an illustrated road trip

by (author) Mike Holmes

Publisher
Invisible Publishing
Initial publish date
Oct 2009
Category
Literary, Nonfiction, Personal Memoirs
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780978218577
    Publish Date
    Oct 2009
    List Price
    $19.95

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Description

Follow Mike (from Halifax) and girlfriend Jodi (a Texan) through the United States on a tour fuelled by deep-fried pickles and pocket-sized fruit pies. This American Drive is the story of the foods they ate, things they saw, places they visited, laws they bent, customs they mocked… and foods they ate.

About the author

MIKE HOLMES has over twenty years of experience in all aspects of construction and home renovation. He has worked on hundreds of building and renovation projects, earning a reputation for outstanding craftsmanship and a willingness to stand behind his work. The author of the #1 national bestseller Make It Right and The Holmes Inspection, Mike is also the star of the television shows Holmes on Homes, Holmes Inspection and Holmes Makes It Right.

WEB: MAKEITRIGHT.CA
FACEBOOK: MIKE HOLMES
TWITTER: @MAKE_IT_RIGHT

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Editorial Reviews

Mike Holmes latest work, This American Drive, is not just a novel with pretty picuters. Weaving traditional storytelling and elements of the graphic novel with unexpected ease, the book is Holmes's memoir of his road trip from Halifax to his then-girlfriend's parrents' home in Texas. Along the wayhe passes through the America of our imagination - full of fast food joints and rock 'n' roll icons. - Kim Hart MacNeill, This Magazine

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