Peter Jenkins is a travel author who is most well known for his book, A Walk Across America, and its sequel A Walk Across America 2: The Walk West in which he spent seven years walking from New York to Oregon. He is a graduate of Alfred University, with a BFA in Sculpture/Ceramics (1973), as well as an honorary doctorate (2003). His bestselling book of the 1970's, "A Walk Across America," was one of the first books to popularize adventure travel or travel as a way of life, inspiring many others to put on their packs and see where the days take them. Jenkins' walk experience was featured twice in National Geographic magazine: "Walk Across America" in April 1977, and "Walk Across America: Part II" in August 1979.
Works
- A Walk Across America (1979)
- The Walk West (1981)
- Journey Into China (1982)
- The Tennessee Sampler (1985)
- Across China (1986)
- The Road Unseen (1987)
- Close Friends (1989)
- Along the Edge of America (1995)
- The Untamed Coast (1995)
- Looking for Alaska (2001)
