<p>In 1976, Jane Schapiro and her sister bicycled &nbsp;across the country. Carrying their&nbsp;packed bikes over the rocky&nbsp;shore of Seaside, Oregon, they&nbsp;dipped their&nbsp;rear wheels in the&nbsp;Pacific. Eleven weeks and 3500 miles later they&nbsp;arrived at Crescent&nbsp;Beach, Florida, where they&nbsp;dipped their&nbsp;front wheels in the Atlantic.&nbsp;In between, they&nbsp;crossed the Rockies, pedaled into the Texas Panhandle&rsquo;s&nbsp;cold winds, and faced both the warmth and bigotry of the&nbsp;Deep South. The&nbsp;sisters saw an America that few young women witnessed in the 1970&#39;s. With&nbsp;no cell phone or Internet, they&nbsp;became fully&nbsp;immersed in the surrounding world. Along the way, people would&nbsp;repeatedly ask them&nbsp;why. Why would two girls take to the road on&nbsp;their bikes? After nearly 40 years, Schapiro&nbsp;offers her&nbsp;answer. Through&nbsp;poems and photographs, she chronicles their trip, evoking both the internal and external landscapes they experienced along the way.&nbsp;<em>Let The Wind Push Us Across</em>&nbsp;captures the spirit of adventure and the exhilaration she&nbsp;felt each morning when&nbsp;unzipping&nbsp;the tent&nbsp;she&nbsp;'leaned into the world.'</p>