{"product_id":"iron-gypsy-ballads-of-the-road","title":"Iron Gypsy: Ballads of the Road","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eThese are not poems about motorcycles. They are poems about what motorcycles do to a man.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIron Gypsy: Ballads of the Road\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a collection of 57 narrative ballads written in the tradition of Robert Service — plain-spoken, honest, and unafraid of danger, beauty, or hard truth. Written by a military veteran, rider, husband, and father, these poems follow one man's iron journey from the uncertain grip of his first mile on a motorcycle to the canyons of Arizona, the mountains of Colorado, and the rice fields of a foreign land where he learned that freedom speaks every language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty-seven ballads. Seven sections. One road.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe crashes are real. The repairs are real. The miles, the storms, the grief, the grace — all of it real. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt the pull of the open road and wondered what was on the other side of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you ride, you will recognize yourself in these pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The tense first miles. The deep silence of a desert highway at midnight. The feeling of the road the first time it finally makes sense.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIf you don't ride\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — these ballads will show you why we do. Not because we are reckless. Not because we don't value our lives. But because we value them too much to spend them entirely on the safe side of the glass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery poem in this collection has a story behind it. Find the rides, the people, and the roads that made them on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIronfam5\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe road is still out there. The throttle is yours.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914228850879,"sku":"09cf551a-2035-402f-a244-45a3b346d168","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/32ce5a58d57d754090245c6aea8545ec.jpg?v=1785056008","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/iron-gypsy-ballads-of-the-road","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}