ourney from Minneapolis to California
             The journey begins in the Minnesota countryside. Pirsig, his twelve-year-old son Chris, and their friends John and Sylvia are traveling to Montana. They are not sure of their plans but know their purpose. On their trips, they prefer the back roads over the straight super-highways. They rely on a certain type of, "dead reckoning," to navigate, based on clues they find along the way. This approach serves as a
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