A Beautiful Broken Dream

"In a world full of stationary people, Steve Bonham is always on the move, making new friends, picking up new insights, enjoying new experiences, and reminding the rest of us that three dimensions aren't always enough! Here's the book that shows us how he does it

Prof Patrick Allitt Cahoon Family professor of history at Emory University, Atlanta

A Beautiful Broken Dream explores the magic, madness, myth and moonshine of America in search of the spirit and soul of America, an America beyond the headlines. A Beautiful Broken Dream is a 'trail journal' of stories, poems and lyrics all tied together by a journey mostly on foot through the great forests of the southern states of the US and then a trip along the music road, from Ashville to Nashville and New Orleans with his sometime travelling companion and great friend, the artist Dinny Pocock. Endeavouring to avoid irritable bears, rattlesnakes, agitated natives, over-exuberant creeks, and a whole variety of other challenges, they throw themselves into the heart of Appalachia and the Southern States and the music that flows from it. What emerges is a wry, compassionate, idiosyncratic and highly personal view of this land and the ‘truth’ it holds.

“I let the beautiful chilled waters wash away the sweat and grime of the trek, my spirits soaring in the ecstasy of being alive. If at that moment I had died, I would have died a happy man. My eyes turned to the bright blue sky, my arms lifted in salute to the magic potential we have to experience joy unbound, albeit and because it is fragmented and momentary thing.”

Published by Artisan Creative Ltd
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