Greg Melville
2) Greasy rider: two dudes, one fry-oil-powered car, and a cross-country search for a greener future
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Is it possible to drive coast-to-coast without stopping at a single gas pump? Journalist Greg Melville is determined to try. With his college buddy Iggy riding shotgun, this green-thinking guy, who's in love with the idea of free fuel-sets out on an enlightening road trip. The quest: to be the first people to drive cross-country in a french-fry car. Will they make it from Vermont to California in a beat-up 1985 Mercedes diesel station wagon powered...
Author
Publisher
Spotify Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A lively tour through the history of US cemeteries that explores how, where, and why we bury our dead
The summer before his senior year in college, Greg Melville worked at the cemetery in his hometown, and thanks to hour upon hour of pushing a mower over the grassy acres, he came to realize what a rich story the place told of his town and its history. Thus was born Melville's lifelong curiosity with how, where, and why we bury and commemorate
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