Editing Dave Gorman (section)

===''America Unchained''===
Between 22 October and 5 December 2006, Gorman undertook a coast-to-coast road trip through 17 states from the west coast to east coast of the United States. A book about the trip, titled ''America Unchained: A Freewheeling Roadtrip in Search of Non-Corporate USA'', was released on 3 April 2008. The rationale for the trip was to discover whether it is possible to travel across the United States without ever patronising any corporate or chain-style businesses ("[[The Man]]").<ref name="denofgeek.com">{{Cite web | url=http://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7508/dave-gormans-america-unchained-dvd-review | title=Dave Gorman's America Unchained DVD review | work=Den of Geek | date=28 January 2008 | access-date=1 September 2018 | archive-date=1 September 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901145733/http://www.denofgeek.com/dvd-bluray/7508/dave-gormans-america-unchained-dvd-review | url-status=live }}</ref> Gorman ate, slept, and filled his car in restaurants, hotels, and petrol stations which were all independently owned.

America Unchained also is the name of an annual campaign spearheaded by the [[American Independent Business Alliance]] since 2004 to promote the economic, cultural, and democratic importance of independent locally owned businesses. A documentary film of the adventure was also made and was aired on the British TV channel [[More4]] on 5 February 2008 and released on DVD<ref name="denofgeek.com"/> on 11 February. In 2007, it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature at the [[Austin Film Festival]].

Gorman's journey started in [[Coronado, California]], and ended in [[Savannah, Georgia]], and he was continually challenged to find independently owned gas stations, as well as repairing the car itself – which broke down surprisingly little, considering the age and mileage (124,000 at start).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}