TEN MILLION STEPS is a sketch of the U. S. through the eyes of coal miners, farmers, banjo players, parents, country folk and city folk. The book is also about ducks that walk on fish, scary cows, women in hard hats, a bike that floats, and the bravest little car in the world. And it's about places you can't savor in the fast lane. You can visit Cape Cod a thousand times, but you won't understand the cape until you travel the back roads in winter....