Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on A Walk Across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country. "I started ...Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on A Walk Across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country. "I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "And found both.