BOOK REVIEWS
An Iron Horse Saga
Carl B. Sutter
2014
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Billed as 'not a traditional romantic novel with a sultry love
triangle but rather a true story of an adventurous cross coun-
try motorcycle ride by a deeply in love husband and wife'.
An Iron Horse Saga comes across as neither but rather a
third person account of a ride from one side of the United
States to the other.
First impressions of this book leaves the rider questioning
why this would be thought of as an adventure however, the
reader needs to understand that adventure means so many
different things to different people and what Carl has written
is his adventure.
The love story seems to come from Carl being followed by
his wife, in a car, who he affectionately refers to as 'the chase
driver', in the third person. There is an element of love trian-
gle as Carl (The Rider) seems to be also in love with his 'Iron
Horse', a Yamaha XV1600 Roadstar.
The purpose of Carl's ride across his home country was to
raise funds for the Kiwanis Club of Southeast Volusia County
who help children in the local community, his ride was called
the Coast to Coast Benefit Ride for Children. With this in mind
it is easy to admire Carl's adventure and what he set out to
achieve, although perhaps some part of this side of the story
was at times lost in the writing.
At times a few things could distract the reader; written in
the third person is annoying and the riders insistence that
he is well experienced in riding yet chooses to wear nothing
more than runners and shorts, and only a helmet when it's
law, seems ridiculous however, keep in mind the riders age
and what he has set out to achieve and you might enjoy An
Iron Horse Saga.
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