When Peter Jenkins graduated from college in 1973, he decided to travel a bit before settling down to family and career. The young adventurer set a goal of walking across America, expecting to ...

Peter Jenkins grew up in a blue-blazered ... Jenkins recount some of the stories that became his first book, "A Walk Across America," now considered a classic of the genre. There was the man ...

The author of A Walk Across America talks about why angels smiled down at him at a revival in Mobile, Alabama. “On that original walk across the U.S., however, Jenkins found something else—faith.

The footloose Jenkins (A Walk Across America; The Walk West; etc.) hits the road again—if not actually the blacktop. Jenkins's 18-month sojourn in Alaska involves more unconventional modes of ...

Jed wanted to retrace the hundreds and thousands of miles Barbara had trekked with his father, the travel writer Peter Jenkins, as part of their Walk Across America book trilogy, which caused a ...

Author Peter Jenkins of Spring Hill, Tenn., best known for his book A Walk Across America, on why he likes the South: “The mall mentality is hitting all parts of the country. But there’s a ...