September 14, 2011 ~ NEWS UPDATES: It’s almost time. D. C. Jesse Burkhardt’s latest travel-adventure, described as a deft blend of short stories, essays, vignettes, journal writings, and even a bit of travel-based sci-fi narrative, is scheduled for Kindle release this month.
WESTBOUND TRACKS, from Rolling Dreams Press … COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2011 …
RAILROADS OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE (2004) Softcover/128 pages/187 B&W photos/6″ x 9″/$21.99
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ROLLING DREAMS ~ 88 pages/78 color, 12 B&W photos/8.5″ x 10.5″/$125 ~ NOTE: OUT OF PRINT; only 2 copies available. Rolling Dreams Press
THE ANN ARBOR RAILROAD (2005) Softcover/128 pages/185 B&W photos/images/6″ x 9″/$21.99
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THE CROWBAR HOTEL: By Freight Train Across Canada (2009) Softcover/208 pages/3 color photos (cover/back cover), 35 B&W photos/includes maps/9″ x 6″/$15
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“As always, Burkhardt provides an accurate, lively text and thorough cutlines for the many photographs. But this time he has outdone himself. This time, he has reached down into the human heart and tried to help us understand what it is about trains that creates so visceral a reaction in so many people. Why does the sound of that whistle or horn in the night affect us? Why does the sight of rolling stock produce such unique reactions? This is art and trains unified. If you don’t believe such a thing is possible, just look at this book.” ~ Salem (Ore.) Statesman Journal, June 10, 2001
“A boxcar journey and a journey of the heart: Another great railroad book from Burkhardt … although this one’s a lot more than trains. This is the story we all lived, or wanted to live ~ it’s what happens when youth, freedom, freight trains and love get mixed together. Imagine riding freight all across North America, while trying to figure out the ways of the heart, and writing it all down ~ and then coming back to it 30 years later and making sense of it all. If you ever hopped a freight, or wanted to, you could read it just for that. If you ever followed your heart wherever it led, good or bad, you could read it for that. This is a personal and honest book, full of love, rebellion and redemption. What more is there? My advice is get it and read it.” ~ Scott Sparling, author of “Wire To Wire”
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Burkhardt will be signing copies of his books at the Discovery Center in The Dalles, Oregon, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Saturday, May 21. Special thanks to Charles Bonville for the invite and for arranging the wonderful venue.
