Peter jenkins biography and family
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A Walk Across America
Nonfiction travel book by Peter Jenkins
A Walk Across America is a nonfiction travel book first published in 1979. It was the first book written by travel author Peter Jenkins, with support from the National Geographic Society.
Peter jenkins biography and family
The book depicts his journey from Alfred, New York, to New Orleans, Louisiana. While on his journey of self-discovery, he engaged himself in others' lives, lost his best friend, experienced a religious conversion, and courted a new wife, Barbara Jenkins (Pennell).
Synopsis
Peter Jenkins was raised in a northern middle-class suburban home in Connecticut.[1] While attending Alfred University, he married at 19, despite his sympathies for the new hippie youth movement and its belief in free love.
He graduated on 30 May 1973, feeling stifled by both his environment and his marriage.[2] After separating from his wife, he cast about for an escape. Disillusioned with post-Vietnam America, a kindly janitor at the