A Walk Across America - Softcover

Jenkins, Peter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006095955X ISBN 13: 9780060959555

Publisher: Mariner Books, 2001

Synopsis

Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on a walk across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country.

"I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "and found both." In this timeless classic, Jenkins describes how disillusionment with society in the 1970s drove him out onto the road on a walk across America. His experiences remain as sharp and telling today as they were twenty-five years ago -- from the timeless secrets of life, learned from a mountain-dwelling hermit, to the stir he caused by staying with a black family in North Carolina, to his hours of intense labor in Southern mills. Many, many miles later, he learned lessons about his country and himself that resonate to this day -- and will inspire a new generation to get out, hit the road and explore.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter Jenkins is the author of The Walk West, Along the Edge of America, Across Chinaand Looking for Alaska.

From the Inside Flap:

g Jenkins' book is the next best thing to having actually walked along beside him." Associated Press
With his own feelings echoing the disillusionment of his whole generation, Peter Jenkins set out with his dog Cooper to walk across America and find out what his country was really about. Along the way, Jenkins' faith and pride in his country -- and himself -- were tested and ultimately restored. Yours will be too as you read his amazing story.

About this edition

• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 006095955X
• ISBN 13: 9780060959555
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320