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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. When the bank foreclosed on his small restaurant in Abilene, he found himself suddenly penniless with nowhere left to turn. After months of struggling to feed his family on wages he earned digging ditches in the Texas sun, Plennie decided it was time to do something extraordinary -- something to resurrect the spirit of adventure and optimism he felt he'd lost. He decided to walk around the world -- backwards. In The Man Who Walked Backward, Pulitzer Prize finalist Ben Montgomery charts Plennie's backwards trek across the America that gave rise to Woody Guthrie, John Steinbeck, and the New Deal. With the Dust Bowl and Great Depression as a backdrop, Montgomery follows Plennie across the Atlantic through Germany, Bucharest, Turkey, and beyond, and details the daring physical feats, grueling hardships, comical misadventures, and hostile foreign police he encountered along the way. A remarkable and quirky slice of Americana, The Man Who Walked Backward paints a rich and vibrant portrait of a jaw-dropping period of history. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story of a Texas man who, in 1931, set out to walk backwards around the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780316438063
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Book Description Hardback. Condition: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, the story of a Texas man who, in 1931, set out to walk backwards around the world. Seller Inventory # B9780316438063