The CarHarcourt Brace, 1995 - 180 páginas Fourteen-year-old Terry Anders is a 1990s Huck Finn, with parents as neglectful as "Pap." Like Huck he escapes, not on a raft but by constructing a kit car. He takes his red Blakely Bearcat out to the highway and points it west, intending to leave his home in Cleveland for Oregon, where he hopes to find the uncle he only vaguely remembers. Long before he reaches his destination, Terry meets up with a middle-aged wanderer named Waylon, who introduces him to his old friend, the free-living Wayne. The pair, Vietnam vets, lead the young protagonist on a string of impromptu adventures and eventually become his mentors, introducing him to the history, hypocrisy and beauty of his country |
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... He'd bought the set at a rum- mage sale for thirty dollars two years before without knowing how complete the set was ; it had belonged to an old man who had passed away , who had done all his own work on his car , and the tools were so ...
... He'd bought the set at a rum- mage sale for thirty dollars two years before without knowing how complete the set was ; it had belonged to an old man who had passed away , who had done all his own work on his car , and the tools were so ...
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... he'd carried from the gas station on the corner . Most of the gas he'd already poured into the small opening of the filler cap for the Cat . But he'd saved some , and he poured half a cup in an empty soda bottle . He held the choke ...
... he'd carried from the gas station on the corner . Most of the gas he'd already poured into the small opening of the filler cap for the Cat . But he'd saved some , and he poured half a cup in an empty soda bottle . He held the choke ...
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... he'd started the day before , working at driving . And he had seemed to be doing it . The car moved for- ward , backward ; he went fast , slow ; he steered . But through the morning he started to learn to drive . When they came to a ...
... he'd started the day before , working at driving . And he had seemed to be doing it . The car moved for- ward , backward ; he went fast , slow ; he steered . But through the morning he started to learn to drive . When they came to a ...
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Annie Baby Barbara Hall Beef stroganoff bike bolt carburetor cards caught clutch cowboys Deadwood door drive engine everything eyes father fire Ford Pinto front garage Gary Paulsen guitar guys hair hand Harley highway inside kit car leaned looked at Waylon miles morning motel motor moved never Newbery Honor night opened Pete Seeger Peter plastic plates poker pulled pushed rain road Samuel seat seemed shook his head shrugged side sitting sleep sound started Sterling Moss stood stopped talk Terry asked Terry followed Terry looked Terry nodded Terry stared Terry stopped Terry thought Terry's things toll road took trailer truck voice watch Waylon and Wayne Waylon asked Waylon nodded Waylon shook Waylon smiled Wayne looked Wayne nodded Wayne turned wheel Wild Bill Hickock windshield Yeah