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Peter Jenkins
Born
in Greenwich, Connecticut, The United StatesJuly 08, 1951
Website
http://www.peterjenkins.com/
Genre
Travel
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Born July 8th, 1951 in Greenwich, Connecticut,
Peter is the eldest of the six children of Frederick and Mary Jenkins.
Graduated from Greenwich High School in 1969.
Attended Woodstock in summer of 1969.
Graduated from Alfred University in 1973 with a BFA, majoring in Sculptor/ Ceramics.
Began his Walk Across America on October 15, 1973 in Alfred, New York. It ended in mid-January of 1979 in Florence, Oregon.
When not traveling and exploring he lives on a farm in middle Tennessee . He is the proud father of six children, Aaron, Brooke, Rebekah, Jedidiah, Luke and Julianne and is married to the former Rita Jorgensen of Michigan .
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Peter Jenkins (journalist)
British newspaper columnist and editor
Peter Jenkins | |
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| Born | Peter George James Jenkins (1934-05-11)11 May 1934 |
| Died | 27 May 1992(1992-05-27) (aged 58) London, England |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor |
| Education | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
| Period | 1958–1992 |
| Subjects | British politics |
| Spouse | Charlotte Strachey (died) |
| Children | Amy |
Peter George James Jenkins (11 May 1934 – 27 May 1992) was a British journalist and Associate Editor of The Independent. During his career he wrote regular columns for The Guardian, The Sunday Times as well as The Independent.
Biography
Jenkins grew up in Suffolk and was the son of a pharmaceutical chemist.[1] He was educated at Culford School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where he took a BA in history. He later attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison on a Harkness Fellowship, where he was a socialist activist.[2] He performed his National Service in the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean fleet.[1] He began his career as a journalist with the
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Peter Jenkins (travel author)
American travel author (born 1951)
Peter Jenkins | |
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| Born | Peter Jenkins (1951-08-07) August 7, 1951 (age 73) |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, Travel writer |
| Known for | Author of A Walk Across America |
Peter Jenkins (born August 7, 1951) is an American travel author known for walking from New York to Oregon between October 1973 and January 1979 while writing a bestselling book, A Walk Across America.
Early life and education
Jenkins is a graduate of Alfred University, with a BFA in Sculpture/Ceramics (1973), as well as an honorarydoctorate (2003). Jenkins first married at age 19, but by the time he graduated from college in 1973, he and his wife had separated.[1]
Walk across America
Jenkins began his walk across America in Alfred, New York in October 1973. He was accompanied by his dog, Cooper, a half Alaskan malamute that died in an accident with a water truck at The Farm in Tennessee.
Upon reaching the end of his southward trek in New Orleans, Louisiana, Jenkins found a new companion, Barbara
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