Heart and Sole

In April 1988 a 37-year-old restaurant manager embarked on a 1600 mile trek from Wyoming to Nashville Tennessee in hopes of singing on the stage of country musics Grand Ole Opry. Accompanied by a young dog and financed by the revenue he earned along the route he battled blizzards and heat waves sickness wild dogs renegade bikers blisters and parasites through the states of Wyoming Nebraska Iowa Missouri Illinois Kentucky and Tennessee for 84 days. On July 23 1988 his childhood dream came true.Heart and Sole: the road I chose is David Stewarts haunting account of his extraordinary journey and its triumphant outcome.