Ted Conoveris the author of several books including "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" (winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize) and "Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes." His writing has appeared in "The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Yorker, " and "National Geographic." The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, he is Distinguished Writer-in-Residence in the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. He lives in New York City.
Journalist Conover's (www.tedconover.com) fifth book follows the National Book Critics Circle Award winner Newjack (2000), also available from Brilliance Audio. In it, he documents his travels along six of the world's major byways and shares his resulting observations about the role of roads in civilization throughout the centuries, addressing both their positive (e.g., economic) and negative (e.g., environmental) impacts and allowing readers/listeners to reach their own conclusions. The rich narration by three-time Audie Award winner Dick Hill (www.dickhill.com) brings the vivid details of Conover's adventures to life. A well-written and perceptive work recommended for all libraries. [For LJ editor Margaret Heil-brun's take on this title's Knopf hc, see LJ 1/10.-Ed.]-Denise A. Garofalo, Mount Saint Mary Coll. Lib., Newburgh, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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