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The Walk West: A Walk Across America 2
Beginning in New Orleans, Peter Jenkins continues his walk across America--with his bride Barbara. Lavishly illustrated with 48 pages of full-color and black-and-white photos, here is the story of the journey that captured a nation's heart, now available for the first time in trade paperback.
Paperback, 368 pages
Published
March 28th 1992
by Quill
(first published 1981)
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In the follow up installment to "A Walk Across America", Peter Jenkins takes us with him for the conclusion of his journey across the United States. From the backwaters and bayous of Louisana and Mississippi, through the killer heat of Texas and New Mexico, up into the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado and across Idaho and, finally, into the surf of Oregon, Jenkins shows us the beauty of the land and the people of this country.
Jenkins has a new companion for this portion of his journey, he m...more
Jenkins has a new companion for this portion of his journey, he m...more
I love books like this. Not only do you get a peek inside one person, you get to explore another time, place,and culture in a way that history textbooks will never match.
If you liked this book, I would recommend Diary of Two Motorcycle Hobos and Flight of Passage: A Memoir.
If you liked this book, I would recommend Diary of Two Motorcycle Hobos and Flight of Passage: A Memoir.
Definitely liked the first one better. It seemed this one rambled on interminably at times about cowboys, oil rigs, and cowboys. I did enjoy it though in spite of that.
I think my favourite aspect was the growth of both P and B as individuals. They were tough. They had to be to walk across the country. Amazing.
I think my favourite aspect was the growth of both P and B as individuals. They were tough. They had to be to walk across the country. Amazing.
This is a wonderfully entertaining read. It's so sweet and full of love, even at the worst of times—and these two voluntarily experienced some of the WORST conditions possible in the Great U. S. of A. What an incredible feat, to walk
...across
...America!
I wonder where they are now?
...across
...America!
I wonder where they are now?
I loved this book as much as his first book, which chronicles his journey across America. I found the people that he meets along the way, his experiences, and the history of the areas he walks through fascinating. Much like Bill Bryson's "A Walk thru the Woods", but Peter has more history and a variety of experiences from alligator hunting to being a cowboy in Colorado and Idaho. Worth almost a 5.
An APL Recycled Reads find. This is the follow up book by Peter Jenkins with his wife Barbara finishing his walk across America from New Orleans, where he met Barbara, to Oregon. Still interesting first hand account of travel and adventure but not as riveting as the initial A Walk Across America.
It's not written perhaps very "well," but it's written with a whole lot of heart and describes some fantastic characters and moments Jenkins encounters on the 2nd half of their walk.
Aug 11, 2010
Doan Nguyen
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I read I walk across America years ago and loved it. So far, I'm not getting sucked into this book as quickly as I did with the other one.
I read I walk across America years ago and loved it. So far, I'm not getting sucked into this book as quickly as I did with the other one.
He walks through blazing hot Texas to blizzard cold Oregon with his new wife Barbara Jenkins. I thought it was a must read for those who read his first book A Walk Across America. It was fascinating to read about all of the people he meets and about the nature he witnesses. He goes from New Orleans all the way up through Texas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho and lastly Oregon. Alot of things happen to Peter and Barbara especially something very exciting at the end (don't want to spoil it). If you never r...more
Peter lost his dog Cooper but finds his true love and she joins him on his last half of his walk and it is amazing and wonderful....
I read this many many years ago.. have a signed first edition.. I love his stories. waiting for his next adventure as he retraces the walk
I liked the second half of Jenkins' story of walking across American, much better than the first half. There was less whining involved (possibly because Jenkins' wife joined him?) and subsequently it was easier to focus on the stories he shares and the people he meets. Wonderful. Quick read.
Jul 14, 2010
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This book really showed me the power of having a goal and following it through to the end, even when making the goal got really hard.
I have really enjoyed everything Peter Jenkins has written. I like the nonfiction travel genre and he tells the story very well.
I read this a long time ago, and liked it, though not quite as much as the walk across America, Peter's first travel memoir.
I admit I read this years and years ago, but it has always remained in my memory and gave me a wanderlust that has persisted...
One of my favorite books adventure love life experience animal lovers great book for anyone!
My favorite part of the story is when he is walking in the back roads of Louisiana - yikes!
This was a typical Peter Jenkins book just like A Walk Across America and the Alaska book, but I am only giving it one star, becxause Barbara almost killed the book! I try to give everybody a chance in a book whenI am reading but she just drove me crazy!
very easy to read, for people who like to learn about peoples
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Aug 27, 2007
Susan
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
people who enjoyed "A Walk Across AMerica"
Peter sets out to continue his walk across the US, from New Orleans to Washington. His faithful travel companion is no longer Cooper the Half Malamute, but his wife, Barbara Jo. Unfortunately, adding a complex human relationship to the mix necessitates a shift in perspective; instead of emotive sensory meditations on the landscape and its inhabitants, the reader finds herself embroiled in the frustrating intricacies of the newlyweds' relationship. Still, the book is replete with fascinating char...more
Loved this book! Makes me want to go out and try it!
good, real sad part, quite an imagination
Just as good as part 1, Walk Across America
Jan 14, 2010
Carrie Pirmann
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travel narratives
The amazing story continues
Good book, but liked the first one a little better.
I liked this book just like the first one. We actually were living in Colorado and Utah at the time they were walking West so that made it even more personal.
Sep 28, 2008
Shelly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Shelly by:
Bonnie
Shelves:
non-fiction,
memoirs-bios-essays
I didn't enjoy this one as well as the first but I'm glad I read it. A little more disjointed than the first and sometimes puerile. I guess I was expecting his insights to be more matured and prudent since he was supposedly wiser after this walk. I had to keep reminding myself that this was the late 70's so social views were very different. However, the people he met were fantastic and it was rewarding to read about them and their lifestyles.
excellent book
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Born July 8th, 1951 in Greenwich, Connecticut,
Peter is the eldest of the six children of Frederick and Mary Jenkins.
Graduated from Greenwich High School in 1969.
Attended Woodstock in summer of 1969.
Graduated from Alfred University in 1973 with a BFA, majoring in Sculptor/ Ceramics.
Began his Walk Across America on October 15, 1973 in Alfred, New York. It ended in mid-January of 1979 in Florence, Or...more
More about Peter Jenkins...
Peter is the eldest of the six children of Frederick and Mary Jenkins.
Graduated from Greenwich High School in 1969.
Attended Woodstock in summer of 1969.
Graduated from Alfred University in 1973 with a BFA, majoring in Sculptor/ Ceramics.
Began his Walk Across America on October 15, 1973 in Alfred, New York. It ended in mid-January of 1979 in Florence, Or...more
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