This is from 1979. I remember reading this book and "the walk West" and what Jenkins discovered in contrary to the propaganda he had swallowed, and think it is it fitting to post it today. Ignore the rest on people.com,
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To: daniel1212
Either the heading of this piece is poorly written or someone needs to be introduced to the word “anew”.
To: daniel1212
3 posted on
10/15/2017 4:39:24 PM PDT by
daniel1212
(rust the risen Lord Jesus to save you as a damned and destitute sinner + be baptized + folllow Him)
To: daniel1212
I was a kid at the time but his walk was featured in a couple editions of Nat Geo. He ran into some amazing people along the way.
4 posted on
10/15/2017 4:42:23 PM PDT by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: daniel1212
5 posted on
10/15/2017 4:43:21 PM PDT by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: daniel1212
i didn’t realize Virginia is close to the mississippi river.
7 posted on
10/15/2017 4:45:57 PM PDT by
b4me
(God Bless the USA)
To: daniel1212
I read both of the books on his walk when they came out and loved them both. Cooper’s death was worse than Bambi’s mother.
To: daniel1212
14 posted on
10/15/2017 4:53:31 PM PDT by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
(If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
To: daniel1212
What's interesting is that radio talk show host Michael Medved did something almost the same with his hitchhiking trips across the county, as noted from a chapter of this book
Right Turns.
It was those trips that made him argue with another college student about the merits of the movie Easy Rider, saying that the premise of the movie is wrong. That other college student: a person by the name of Hillary Rodham.
18 posted on
10/15/2017 5:34:12 PM PDT by
RayChuang88
(FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
To: daniel1212
I read this book many years ago.
Really a page turner.
He is treated kindly by many people, but terribly by others.
A couple of things I recall:
He was run off the road by some idiot and nearly died.
He was absolutely starving and some driver threw a Dairy Queen bag at his feet that contained several BBQ sandwiches, which he eagerly ate. (Made me crave some DQ!)
He ends up being taken in by a black family and goes to a Christian revival, which changed him forever.
His account of this is both very funny, and touching.
A real story of redemption and faith.
26 posted on
10/15/2017 6:45:54 PM PDT by
boop
(I'd wish you luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it!)
To: daniel1212
A Walk Across America and The Walk West. I have read both.
Both should be required reading for all Americans.
27 posted on
10/15/2017 6:49:22 PM PDT by
Bryan24
(When in doubt, move to the right..........)
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