Brian Benson

The author tells the story of a cross-country bicycle trip that he took with a new love and the challenges and curiosities they came across as they contemplated what came next. Original.

A Bicycle Journey Across America

Going Somewhere

Richard J. Brown

"This is Not For You: An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience is the memoir of activist and photographer Richard Brown, an eighty-year-old Black Portlander who has worked to bridge the divide between police and the Black community.Originally from Harlem, Brown served in the Air Force for twenty years before landing in Portland. As he recalls his childhood in the 1940s, his radicalization in the newly desegregated Air Force, and his decades of activism in one of America's whitest cities, he questions whether he's got the strength to continue doing this work, and he wonders who, if anyone, will take his place"--

An Activist's Journey of Resistance and Resilience

This is Not for You

If you're scared of the dark, put this book down now. If you like fairy tales, go read Alice In Wonderland. If you like things nice and tidy, then go check out a Good Housekeeping Magazine. This book is about the pit of darkness that exists in the human psyche. It's about the twists and turns that can happen in human nature, and turn a child into a psychopathic killer. Somewhere in this story, you might find a little bit of yourself--hopefully in one of the characters on our investigative team. When I was a kid, there was a television program that started out with the words, "The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent." The story you are about to read is written through the eyes and language of an investigator. Every person herein, is actually someone from real life. Their names I have fictionalized to protect their true identities. My name is Brent Dulac. I'm a private investigator writing about a serial killer, named Richard Michael Minton. The hunt for this killer began in my early teens, and continued well into my thirties. If you're ready to take this ride, then let's begin. You may not be the same after this journey, but such is life. You never know what lies beyond that bend in the road, or on the other side of the door. I'll release your hand now and point you toward the darkness. Hopefully, you'll find a light on the other side.

Cob Search for a Serial Killer

Brian has a million vague life plans but zero sense of direction. So when he meets Rachel, a self-possessed woman who daydreams of bicycling across the States, he decides to follow her wherever she'll take him. Brian and Rachel soon embark on a ride from northern Wisconsin to Somewhere West, infatuated with the promise of adventure and each other. But as the pair progress from the Northwoods into the bleak western plains, they begin to discover the messy realities of life on the road. Mile by mile, they contend with merciless winds and brutal heat, broken bikes and bodies, each other and themselves—and the looming question of what comes next. Told in a voice "as hilarious as it is wise" (Cheryl Strayed), Going Somewhere is a candid tale of the struggle to move forward.

"My name is Brent Dulac. I am a private investigator, or was before the darkness of serial killer Richard Michael Minton nearly ended my life. The hunt for this killer began in my teenage years, and continued well into my thirties. If you are ready to take this ride, then let's begin. I can't say for sure that you will be the same after our journey ..."--Page 4 of cover.

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