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b"We hope you enjoy this preview of an episode from our back catalog available to our premium subscribers. Tonight, we\\u2019ll read the opening to \\u201cAcross Asia on a Bicycle,\\u201d published in 1894 and written by Thomas Allen and William Sachtleben. To unlock full episodes, ad-free listening, and more, please go to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus.\\n\\nThis book is made up of a series of sketches describing a bicycle journey around the world and specifically across Asia. Allen and Sachtleben set a record for the longest continuous land journey ever made around the world.\\n\\nThe day after they graduated college in St. Louis, Missouri, the two friends set out on their journey. Almost three years later, they rolled back into New York on their wheels, having, as they write, \\u201cput a girdle round the earth.\\u201d\\n\\n\\u2014 read by 'N' \\u2014\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices"