Autographed First Edition 

In May 1995, with nothing but a backpack and a vague sense of disquiet, Patrick Dobson left his home and a steady if deadening job in Kansas City, Missouri. Over the next two and a half months he made his way to Helena, Montana, letting chance encounters guide him to a deeper sense of who he was and where he was going.

Review
"With open eyes and open heart, Patrick Dobson shows us the heart of the nation."-David Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and syndicated columnist with Universal Press (David Shribman 20081223)

"This intimate search for self-discovery and renewal is so well told, you'll smell the dew on the morning grass, and you''ll know you've found something truly delicious. I've put in more than 100,000 miles, some on these very highways. Dobson paints a clearer portrait with words than I ever captured with cameras. Bravo!"-Michael Murphy, coauthor of Rare Visions and Roadside Revelations and vice president of programming for Kansas City Public Television (Michael Murphy 20081223)

"Lighting out for the territories-as Mark Twain would have put it-Patrick Dobson discovers his country, his neighbors, himself. Peter Jenkins (A Walk across America) meets Robert Pirsig (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance). Seldom Seen inspires the adventurer in me-as it should all of us-to go out and do something similar."-Eddy L. Harris, author of