The Last Great Walk: The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco, and Why It Matters Today
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In 1909, Edward Payson Weston walked from New York to San Francisco, covering around 40 miles a day and greeted by wildly cheering audiences in every city. The New York Times called it the "first bona-fide walk . . . across the American continent," and eagerly chronicled a journey in which Weston was beset by fatigue, mosquitos, vicious headwinds, and brutal heat. He was 70 years old. In The Last Great Walk, journalist Wayne Curtis...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1609613724
ISBN13:9781609613723
Release Date:September 2014
Publisher:Rodale Books
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.98 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"
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