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    End of the Road
    End of the Road
    End of the Road
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    End of the Road

    By Tom Slattery

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    End of the Road is a novel drawing from an unpublished manuscript by a 110-year-old man in the year 2050 about his trip around the country in a $200-car in 1995. A group of graduate students in 2050 interview him in his assisted-living apartment for their video oral-history thesis project. The story shifts back and forth between the trip in 1995 and the interviews in 2050. The old man's quaint philosophies and his connection with the past intrigue the students. As the theis project progresses, the old man becomes more than a mere interview subject. As the young people gain a perspective on their past, the old man reconnects with the present. Readers may additionally find looking back at our turn-of-the-century road and automobile culture from a viewpoint of young people living in the year 2050 a delightful experience in itself.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateJan 17, 2001
    ISBN9781469727509
    End of the Road
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    Tom Slattery

    Tom Slattery was born and grew up in the Cleveland, Ohio, metropolitan area. He wandered through the world with an interested eye, a knack at seeing things differently, a fertile mind. He worked for colleges, universities, and research facilities, and lived and worked for years in Asia and Europe.

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