Bought in a charity shop in Lechlade.

In the summer of 1863 Colonel Arthur Fremantle traveled through America at the height of the Civil War. Almost 140 years later, Tom Fremantle set off on the same journey. While Colonel Arthur rode on stagecoaches, steam trains, and Mississippi river skiffs, his less sensible descendant slogged the entire way on foot. Colonel Arthur flirted with saucy belles, Tom Fremantle kept company with a cantankerous eleven-year-old mule called Browny. Colonel Arthur set out at a time when America was ripping itself apart, while Tom Fremantle--who started his walk ten days before the September 11 attacks on New York--witnessed a country never more united. While on his journey Fremantle visits the last battlefield of the Civil War with a baby-faced Brownsville journalist, enjoys the Day of the Dead in Progresso, sleeps in a church, and buys a beer from Jerry Lee Lewis’ sister. This is a story that will make you look at America, mules, and the human spirit in a whole new light. It is about two men, two contrasting worlds, and a cynical but heroic beast of burden.

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Ooow, read the first chapter on opening and am addicted. Thank you so much 🐩 sister for this surprise Easter parcel 🐤🐥🐣🐥🐤

Really loving this book. Releasing it now as want to add this to a box I will post to 🐩🙋when my sister is here so just doing some prep! I feel Brownies antics ha e yet to start however so far, so good. 🤞🤞🤞

Back with me. I am very tempted to read this again...

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I love reading about unusual travel journeys and this one certainly sounds like it fits the bill.

This is a great book. I loved it and learnt a lot. I would like to know what Brownie got up to when the walk was over and did she miss her walking companion.

A birthday gift.

I recently finished reading a history of the USA and the reviews for this look great, so thank you very much!