Poet on a Scooter, first published in 1958, is the lyrical account of American poet and journalist Harry Roskolenko, who traveled the world on a small Vespa scooter, eventually completing a 15-month, around-the-world trip of an epic 37,000 miles (21,000 miles of them by scooter). From the original edition dust-jacket: It was spring in Paris when Harry Roskolenko, poet and journalist, decided that it was time to leave the...