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The walk west : A walk across America 2 / by Peter and Barbara Jenkins.
- Title
- The walk west : A walk across America 2 / by Peter and Barbara Jenkins.
- Author
- Jenkins, Peter, 1951-
- Publication
- New York : Morrow, 1981.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | E169.02 .J38 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Jenkins, Barbara
- Description
- 349 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 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.
- Alternative Title
- Walk across America 2.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Travel writing
- Biographies
- Récits de voyages.
- Note
- Continues: A walk across America.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 0688006663
- LCCN
- ^^^81011177^
- OCLC
- 7653241
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library