A Walk Across America

Informationen zum Autor Peter Jenkins is the author of The Walk West, Along the Edge of America, Across China and Looking for Alaska. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: peter Jenkins
• Editore: William Morrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 18.09.2001
• EAN: 9780060959555
• ISBN: 978-0-06-095955-5
• Pagine: 320
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 202 mm x 20 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; South America, Asia, Memoirs, Travel writing, Asian History, The Americas, Travel and holiday, North America (USA and Canada), South Asia (Indian sub-continent), Biography: historical, political and military, US South, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, TRAVEL: Essays & Travelogues, TRAVEL: United States / South / General, HISTORY: North America, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES: LITERATURE, HISTORY: Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), TRAVEL: United States / General, TRAVEL: South America / General, HISTORY: Asia / South / General, Environmental Studies / Literature