![]() ![]() Cooper was killed in a truck accident in Tennessee. Jenkins was a new college graduate in his first book, disillusioned with the country, and decided to walk from New York City with his malamute dog Cooper. It's been ten years since I took off my uniform (no regrets there!) and I'm still traveling and hiking. John Steinbeck's "Travels with Charlie" got me interested in wanting to see Montana and William Least Heat-Moon's "Blue Highways" inspired me to explore more of our backroads and experience the Lewis-and-Clark trail. ![]() Jenkin's book was one of several books that inspired me to hike and travel once I retired from the army. I had borrowed a copy from the post library. I finally read that first Jenkins book while in New Jersey in the early 2000s. Even as a 17-year-old I was fascinated with the idea of walking long distance and didn't know many who also had such ideas. I first saw the book "A Walk Across America" in the PX in Kaiserslautern and wanted to read the book in 1977. ![]() Somewhere in all this online Googling and reminiscing, I read an old review I had written about Peter Jenkins' "A Walk Across America." The book was published in 1977 but I didn't read it until 2009. I have 100 reviews of items to review, and 50 of them are books. My Alaska road trip created a backlog from which I've yet to recover. I'm trying hard to get my Amazon reviews done. ![]()
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