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I conclude my list of 20 influential books, this time with the following: Watership Down by Richard Adams (1972), 2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (1968), A Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins (1978), Shenzhen: A Travelogue by Guy Delisle (2006), and The China Mirage by James Bradley (2015). Continue reading
Barbara and I have had adventures that left our hearts soaring or crunched. Our minds have been constantly challenged as we’ve learned of different peoples and philosophies until we thought we could hold no more. And yet we are not … Continue reading
Peter Jenkins has long been a favorite of mine, for both A Walk Across America to The Walk West. When I first came across this book in college, I had yet to gain a deep interest in China. That land … Continue reading
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A Walk Across America 2: Two wonderful people on the journey that captured a nation’s heart I first came across the writings of Peter Jenkins as a college student, restless and bent on broadening my horizons with my own future … Continue reading
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“Mileage craziness is…obsessively placing more importance on how many miles are traveled than on the real reason for traveling…a person must be very careful not to become overly concerned with arriving.” (Peter Jenkins, A Walk Across America, 37) What college … Continue reading
