| A Walk Across America Contributor(s): Jenkins, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 006095955X ISBN-13: 9780060959555 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2001 Annotation: In this classic account, Jenkins describes how his disillusionment with society in the 1970s drove him out onto the road on a walk across America, and shares the lessons he learned about his country and himself that resonate to this day. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | United States - General - History | United States - General - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts |
| Dewey: B |
| Lexile Measure: 1020 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.32" W x 8.16" (0.62 lbs) 320 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 748 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Jenkins, Peter: - Peter Jenkins is the author of The Walk West, Along the Edge of America, Across Chinaand Looking for Alaska. |