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Fred A. Birchmore was an adventurer, real estate professional, and community activist. He is best remembered for his 1930's bicycle trip around the globe. His memoir Around the World on a Bicylce provides an interesting glimpse of the world just prior to World War II as told by a future participant. His adventure began in Germany where he had begun to study international law. He had just graduated in 1935 from the University of Georgia Law School. He toured a great deal of Europe by bicycle and then made his way to Egypt. He