Join the adventure as 33-year-old Rene Cormier politely removes himself from the working world that surrounds him and cashes in what few possessions he has to finance a three-yearlong motorcycle journey around the world.

The University of Gravel Roads won the Bronze medal in the 2010 Independent Book Publishers awards. The book was also the winner of the 2011 DaVinci Eye award, and a finalist for the Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose and Independent books.