Jim Hendrickson: 12 books

Enjoy reading about the adventures and misadventures of the author who traveled in North America and Europe during 2017. In this book, Hendrickson describes his travels in Western, Northern and Central Canada, as well as Minnesota to New Mexico by pickup truck. He then explores Colorado extensively...

In this book I share with you my deepest passion in life: traveling the world—especially by bicycle. For me, a bicycle represents more than just transportation. It’s a symbol of my independence and my freedom. My bicycle is the steel stallion that has taken me on adventures through many far-flung...

In the opening chapter of this book you’ll discover the reasons of my lifelong passion for wanderlust－the love of traveling the world, especially on a shoestring budget. For the next three chapters you’ll accompany me vicariously on a three-month hitchhike from near Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Seattle,...

This book describes my fifth trip to Alaska where, according to Jack London, once you visit that northern region of the world, it takes a firm hold of your spirit, and you want to return some day. In the summer of 2014, I made a relatively comfortable road trip for six weeks in my 2008 Lexus...

This short book expresses my personal philosophy of travel, religion, and existence on a planet whose wonders I have seen and experienced first-hand.

This short book expresses my personal philosophy of travel, religion, and existence on a planet whose wonders I have seen and experienced first-hand.

This book is a collection of twenty-nine articles, most of which have been published in American travel magazines. The plethora of stories within each article is personal, informative, entertaining and timeless. In Latin America you will travel across rural Guatemala and socialistic Venezuela by minivan,...

My decision to ride a bicycle from my home in the Pacific Northwest of the United States to Israel may appear to be foolhardy to some people. But to me, it was a logical decision based on the following four facts: First, travel is my deepest passion. I simply love to travel to far-flung places, meeting...

This book describes the amazing three-month journey I made to the South Pacific including the Marquesas Islands, the Mariana Islands, South Australia, American Samoa, Samoa, and Indonesia. I describe the many adventures and misadventures of the journey, the people I met along the way, and the intriguing cultures I personally experienced.

The eleven chapters in this book describe my bicycle journey from Montana, across Alberta, British Columbia and The Yukon to Alaska with eleven other cyclists from Belgium, Israel and the United States－officially called the North Star Expedition and sponsored by Adventure Cycling Association. In...

This book is a collection of twenty-nine articles, most of which have been published in American travel magazines. The plethora of stories within each article is personal, informative, entertaining and timeless. In Latin America you will travel across rural Guatemala and socialistic Venezuela by minivan,...

This book describes my fifth trip to Alaska where, according to Jack London, once you visit that northern region of the world, it takes a firm hold of your spirit, and you want to return some day. In the summer of 2014, I made a relatively comfortable road trip for six weeks in my 2008 Lexus SUV with...