The walk west a walk across America 2 /
From New Orleans, newlyweds Peter and Barbara set out on a two-and-one-half year walk through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, and to the Oregon coast.
Main Author: | Jenkins, Peter, 1951- |
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Other Authors: | Jenkins, Barbara. |
Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Morrow,
1981.
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Physical Description: |
349 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Engineer pass
- The J. Storm I
- "Noo awlins" running
- Professor Grady
- Hammerhead
- Grandad's chair
- Battle in a basket
- A Cajun pearl
- Needles in the dark
- Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio and preacher Hebert
- Red devil eyes
- The letter
- T.E.X.A.S.
- Isaiah 40:31
- Hot breath
- Rattlesnakes, scorpions and Amarillo Slim
- Asa Pease
- In the mirror
- Lightning and a West Texas lullaby
- Homer and Ruby
- Watch your curves, eat more beef
- Windmills on the prairie
- Three outlaws
- One step below heaven
- In a log cabin
- Lake City, Colorado
- Hollywood Jed
- "An all-night, all-day, stay-inside-and-hold-your-woman storm"
- Perk
- From tundra to desert
- "I never refuse to marry any respectable woman who asks me"
- The accident
- Cattle drive up Cottonwood Canyon
- The double cross brand
- Ridin' fences
- Our Oregon trail
- Tsuchi Koto
- The minister in black
- One more mile.