Horizon Bound on a Bicycle

The Autobiography of Eyvind Earle

In response to 70-plus years of inquiries, pleading & collector interest, Eyvind consented to write this definitive autobiography in 1990. It includes the complete journal of his monumental cross-country bicycle trip in 1937; hence the title, "Horizon Bound on a Bicycle" illustrated with black & white reverse etchings, this volume is a must for the die-hard Earle fan!

FOREWORD

I waited too long.

I could have asked my father, but it never

dawned on me that I would ever be writing

the story of my life until long after he left

this earth.

And my mother too. She left before I started writing

and at the end she was only barely still on this earth,

her memory almost completely gone.

So with no one to help me but myself

and the piles of letters and clippings that my

mother kept all her life, I’ll try to put

the beginning together the best I can.

And now, at the age of 74, I will try to tell

my story.

It is crowded with so many memories,

all intertwined, and so very many memories

fading away and almost forgotten.

At twenty-one I thought I knew far more

than I think I know today.

The more I wonder and ponder, the further away

the truth recedes.

Like mountain ranges that never stop,