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Jedidiah Jenkins

This author and narrator of the book describes his journey from Oregon to Patagonia that he set out on when he was 30 years old.

Weston

This friend of the author's set out with him on the journey from Oregon to Patagonia, but dropped out of the trip after going to Hawaii to attend a wedding.

Barbara Jenkins

The mother of the author, this individual is a devout Evangelical Christian. She met her husband in the 1970s and joined him on a walk across the United States.

Peter Jenkins

This individual is the author's father. He walked across the width of the U.S. with his wife and the author's mother in the 1970s. The couple eventually divorced.

Harry Devert

This 32-year-old adventurer went missing in an area of Mexico that the author had just passed through. His body was dismembered and found weeks later.

Francisco Pizarro

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