false 6090803 2 <blockquote> <p> From the revered <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author comes a touching, insightful, and humorous memoir of an unlikely racewalker and world traveler </p> </blockquote> <p> Before Lawrence Block was the author of bestselling novels featuring unforgettable characters such as the hit man Keller, private investigator Matthew Scudder, burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr, and time traveler Evan Tanner, he was a walker. </p> <p> As a child, he walked home from school (mostly because he couldn't ride a bike). As a col-lege student, he walked until he was able to buy his first car (a deep blue 1950 Chevrolet coupe named Pamela, after the Samuel Richardson novel). As an adult, he ran marathons until he discovered what would become a lifelong obsession—never mind if some people didn't think it was a real sport—<i>racewalking</i>. </p> <p> By that time Block had already spent plenty of time walking through the city of New York. But racewalking ended up taking him all over the country, from New Orleans to Anchorage, from marathons in the punishing heat to marathons in the pouring rain. And along the way, as he began to pen the books that would make him a household name among suspense fans all over the world, he found that in life, as in writing, you just need to take one step after the other. </p> <p> Through the lens of his adventures while walking—in twenty-four-hour races, on a pilgrimage through Spain, and just about everywhere you can imagine—Lawrence Block shares his heartwarming personal story about life's trials and tribulations, discomforts and successes, which truly lets readers walk a mile in the master of mystery's shoes. </p> 6267762 1 6 2009 Step by Step: A Pedestrian Memoir total:14|4:6|3:6|2:2| 14 46 23 7 3 0 false false Sun Aug 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 19:55:06 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 13:21:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 18:51:51 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 18:55:00 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed May 27 15:00:42 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 15:01:43 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 27 08:37:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 19:03:57 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:05:49 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 20:27:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 05:25:50 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:24:44 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Jun 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 03:23:43 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 06:59:50 -0700 2009

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