Description: "Never Leaving Laramie takes readers from a small university town in Wyoming into the human and natural landscapes of remote and dangerous areas in the world. John Haines bicycles across Tibet and kayaks the length of West Africa's Niger River. He rides the Trans-Siberian train across the former Soviet Union and survives a traumatic train accident in the Czech Republic. For two decades, the author lived a restless life exploring pockets of the world in transition, always finding a route back to Laramie, the home that shaped him--a place he loved but needed to leave, and in the end never left"--
Review Quotes: "There's a line in Never Leaving Laramie where John Haines says he was 'feeling everything at once.' His book gives the reader the same experience. It's part travelogue, part history lesson, part memoir; the words steeped in tragedy, the man who wrote them steeled with resolve. You'll want to hit the road while reading but I'd encourage you to finish the book first."--Greg Bishop, Senior Writer, Sports Illustrated