Rivendell Publishing Northwest: 2 books
The Gentleman from Finland
Adventures on the Trans-Siberian Express
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Two days aboard what he believes is the Trans-Siberian Express, the author discovers he’s on the wrong train. It is 1987, and he is traveling in the Soviet Union, holding a train ticket that mistakenly identifies him as a Finn. In fact, he is a short, dark-skinned Mexican-American-Russian-Jew, who...
Riding with Reindeer
A Bicycle Odyssey through Finland, Lapland and Arctic Norway
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2010
In the summer of 2007, Robert Goldstein departs Helsinki on a self-supported bicycle epic across Finland with the goal of pedaling to the Barents Sea. Aboard a folding bicycle towing a wagon, he weathers furious storms, survives a near-disastrous accident and obsesses whether he will be eaten by a bear...