Follow The Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten-Dollar Bill
But I suppose the kind of people who would let a total stranger follow them around just so that he can track the course of a ten dollar bill you happen to have been given are going to be nice, innocent, friendly and without guile. If so, the journey needs to have a bit more depth to it with a better cross-section of characters. He doesn't need to be Paul Theroux, despising everyone he meets with their pathetic lives, but a jaundiced eye might have brought more colour. I read to the end hoping he'd come across an utter bastard, but it never happened.
Even the religious nuts, whom Theroux would have crucified not to their faces, of course get the kid glove treatment.
Follow the Money: A Month in the Life of a Ten Dollar Bill By Steve Boggan
I'd summarise this book as a pleasant diversion that won't tax or stimulate the brain, more's the pity. Feb 15, Brigette rated it it was ok. To be honest, I mostly found the author kind of whiny. He seemed very critical of Americans as a whole and was evidently shocked every time he actually liked the people he was 'stuck' with.
And I'm sorry, but spending hours in a bar waiting for the money to move while you complain that your clothes are filthy doesn't seem like a productive use of time. I enjoyed this unusual tour through the states in pursuit of a ten dollar bill. It was touching, witty and sharp. He painted a vivid picture of the America he saw and the people he met within it. I would recommend this to anyone interested in a quirky slice of non-fiction.
Jan 22, Susan rated it liked it.
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One day freelance journalist Steve Boggan had the idea of following a 10 dollar bill across America as it changed hands, in order to get a glimpse of the country and it's people. Clearly not a journey most of us would think of undertaking. But starting in Lebanon Kansas for reasons the author will explain he travels across numerous states, along the way meeting a host of interesting characters.
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Whether he found himself at a truck stop, a bar, deer hunting or chatting with Amish farmers, he was One day freelance journalist Steve Boggan had the idea of following a 10 dollar bill across America as it changed hands, in order to get a glimpse of the country and it's people. Whether he found himself at a truck stop, a bar, deer hunting or chatting with Amish farmers, he was always ready to drop everything and follow the money, wherever it led.
This memorable road trip across the United States was both endearing and entertaining and maybe just a little crazy.
Aug 03, Shannon rated it really liked it. This book sat around for a few months before being read because I thought it was just about following a ten dollar bill around. But it is so much more than that. The author tells stories of the people he spends time with while following the money and actually seems to develop friendships with some.
He also learns about the midwestern towns which he is visiting then writes about the history of the areas thereby teaching the reader. I did get tired of him washing his clothes in the sink May 23, Melissa Pawless rated it it was amazing. This is such a heartwarming story of an Englishman coming to America and driving thousands of miles to chase around a ten dollar bill. His journey is touching and comical all in one.
It makes you realize that there are good people out there willing to take a complete stranger under their wing and willing to help when needed Jun 02, Todd Stockslager rated it liked it Shelves: Money talks, Boggan walks Teetering between funny, abrasive, and poignant, Follow the Money ends up somewhere in the middle.
The idea is so simple that the execution depends on the writer, and Boggan is a cynical Brit with the dry humor that is easy to love and hate at the same time. While I thought at first that this book might be more about currency, credit, and microeconomics in 21st century economies, it is really about the people who receive and spend the bill than not about the cash economy, although Boggan does spend a few pages on the topic in the US transactions with debit and credit cards surpassed cash transactions several years ago; in a very few years Boggan's journey will be hard to duplicate.
So while this book is identified on the back cover as belonging in the Travel category, it is more about the people Boggan meets on his journey. He starts in a small Kansas farming community, and winds his way east to St. He bonds with farmers, missionaries, musicians, investment advisers, and lots of waitresses, hotel clerks, and cashiers who think he might just be daft or dangerous when he explains why he is hanging around watching people spend the bill and waiting to see who receives it.
In the end, while Americans and our unBritish ways are easy targets for his cynicism and barbed humor, Boggan has grown to a respect and even admiration for the generosity, sincerity, spirituality, and hospitality he has experienced at almost every stop and relationship on his journey.
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This is an inconsequential but ultimately friendly little book that is worth a few hours light reading. Jan 20, Kimberly Hall rated it really liked it. I felt a little skeptical about what I was getting myself into by reading this book. I must say it was nothing like I expected. It was a great read with a twist of history. I was intrigued by the way the author put an history lesson inside of the book without losing its readers.
I found myself unable to put the book down once I started. If I didn't have any distractions children I definitely could have read this book in one sitting. Follow the Money kinda makes me want to follow a bill around t I felt a little skeptical about what I was getting myself into by reading this book.
Follow the Money kinda makes me want to follow a bill around the country. Because like in the book you never know what type of people you may run into. And for the people in this book to be so open to his idea of following a ten dollar bill around the world for 30 days is unbelievable.
I see so many people in my day to day life who looks at me weird because the color of my skin.
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And for the author to not know any of these people and they open their homes to him it shows that we still do have people with an heart in the USA!! I can't wait to read more from this author Jun 29, David rated it it was amazing Shelves: A really enjoyable and fun book. He starts in Lebanon, Kansas, once the center of the United States. Click here to see more Tap here to see more Tap here to see more. Accessibility Links Skip to content. Read the full article. Start your free trial.
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Want to read more? Subscribe now and get unlimited digital access on web and our smartphone and tablet apps, free for your first month. The rules were simple: A nifty book with an unusual premise and plenty of fun. But at a moment in our history when so many Americans are troubled by what they see as anger and hostility among their fellow citizens, it is rather nice to be given a bit of evidence that this may not be entirely true. Like Bill Bryson, whose travel books are as much about the people he meets as they are about the places he visits, Boggan writes entertainingly about the characters he encountered along the way—most of whom were, somewhat surprisingly, pretty cool with his unusual request to follow them around until they spent the money—and about his various misadventures, which included racing down the road in hot pursuit of a First Responders' vehicle on the way to an emergency.
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Read reviews that mention bill steve boggan places encountered loud. Showing of 10 reviews. Top Reviews Most recent Top Reviews. There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. This is a very fun and easy read, based on a simple but outrageous premise: The details of how he does this aren't worth getting into here, but it does make more sense when you read his "ground rules" than it might sound at first description. He doesn't need to literally get in the same car with whomever gets the bill as change. As a charming and witty not words he uses to describe himself, but you can tell Englishman, his task is made easier than it would be if, say, I -- an ordinary and not particularly socially adept American -- went up to people and said, "I come with that bill you just got in change.