Download Free A Walk Across America Audio Books

Define About Books A Walk Across America

Title	:	A Walk Across America
Author	:	Peter Jenkins
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	September 18th 2001 by William Morrow Paperbacks (first published January 1st 1979)
Categories	:	Travel. Nonfiction. Autobiography. Memoir. Adventure. Biography

A Walk Across America

Peter Jenkins

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 4.04 | 10818 Users | 625 Reviews

Rendition In Favor Of Books A Walk Across America

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.

Mention Books Conducive To A Walk Across America

Original Title:	A Walk Across America
ISBN:	006095955X (ISBN13: 9780060959555)
Edition Language:	English

Rating About Books A Walk Across America

Ratings: 4.04 From 10818 Users | 625 Reviews

Commentary About Books A Walk Across America

Were leaving in the morning to back country pack Yosemite for 2 weeks. Last time I read this book, I was 18 and working the Summer there at Curry Village. This time, Im doing it with my man! So Im bringing this book with me! See you all in a couple weeks while I unplug and enjoy one of our amazing National Parks!Be good. :-)

Read this book over 20 years ago and it had a profound effect on me...I think it planted the seed to make my cross country move. Reading it again I realized that the writing may not be the greatest, but the story of a young man walking across the country with his big, beautiful dog still touched my heart.

Loved this book! I finished it in a day and even stayed up past my bedtime. What a great story, what a great adventure! These books, the good ones anyway, always make me want to go off on an adventure somewhere. I felt like I was there, transported back in time to an era before I was born, the country in turmoil... not dissimilar from what is happening here today, which is what drew me to read it in the first place. Apparently he wrote some other books; I will be looking for them!

So intriguing and simply written. It was hopeful, on both individual and cultural levels. Even now, decades later, I found myself drawn into the communities and lives depicted. Just a great memoir and story.

Loved everything about Peter Jenkins' memoir/travelogue; from his straightforward conversational writing style with hints of poetic prose, to his courageous tenacity and open-minded search for truth refusing to allow prejudices and preconceived notions derail him. Once I started reading, I simply didn't want to put it down. It was if I had been whisked back to the turbulent seventies and was walking alongside Jenkins and his fun loving, four-legged "Forever Friend" - Cooper. The cameo stories



This book was written the year I was born and I remember a copy of my family bookshelf while growing up, but hadn't read it until my book club chose it.I hate spoilers but I looked through the pictures at the beginning and saw the one of him burying his dog Cooper (wahhhhh) so I knew that was coming. He wrote so flowery and over the top about the dog and I wondered how that would have changed if he would survived the whole trip. Since I knew it was coming I didn't tear up but a few other places