A Walk Across America

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peter Jenkins（彼得·詹金斯） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2001-09
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780060959555
• 定价 140.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Twenty-fiveyearsago,adisillusionedyoungmansetoutonawalkacrossAmerica.Thisisthebookhewroteaboutthatjourney--aclassicaccountofthereawakeningofhisfaithinhimselfandhiscountry.

"Istartedoutsearchingformyselfandmycountry,"PeterJenkinswrites,"andfoundboth."Inthistimelessclassic,Jenkinsdescribeshowdisillusionmentwithsocietyinthe1970sdrovehimoutontotheroadonawalkacrossAmerica.Hisexperiencesremainassharpandtellingtodayastheyweretwenty-fiveyearsago--fromthetimelesssecretsoflife,learnedfromamountain-dwellinghermit,tothestirhecausedbystayingwithablackfamilyinNorthCarolina,tohishoursofintenselaborinSouthernmills.Many,manymileslater,helearnedlessonsabouthiscountryandhimselfthatresonatetothisday--andwillinspireanewgenerationtogetout,hittheroadandexplore.

【作者简介】

PeterJenkinsistheauthorofTheWalkWest,AlongtheEdgeofAmerica,AcrossChinaandLookingforAlaska.