Reconnecting with America: A Stranger at Home

By Robert J Barra

Reconnecting with America is more than the story of an 8,000 mile motorcycle journey. It illustrates the toxic influence of fear and insecurity in American life.

The author rode across America in the summer of 2019. He spoke with a cross section of Americans; a homeless wanderer who collected animal skulls

• Language: English
• Publisher: RJB Ltd
• Release date: Aug 21, 2023
• ISBN: 9798987789124

Robert J Barra

Robert Barra is an educator and an environmental scientist. He taught in publicand private schools in the U.S. and The Netherlands. In 2001, he was workingas an environmental scientist when terrorists attacked the World Trade Centerin New York City. He led a disaster recovery team at Ground Zero for sixmonths.In 2003, he moved to The Netherlands where he worked in competencedevelopment for the IKEA organization. He traveled in Europe, Asia, Africa,Australia and North America for business and pleasure. He retired in 2018.He is an avid motorcyclist and wilderness canoe and camping enthusiast, whopaddled the Allagash Wilderness Waterway in the North Maine Woods moretimes than he can count and the Yukon River from Whitehorse, Yukon Territoryto Dawson City on the Klondike.In the summer of 2019, he spent two months riding a motorcycle fromMassachusetts to California and back to relearn what it was like to be anAmerican.

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