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Ben Montgomery The Man Who Walked Backward (Hardback). Further DetailsTitle: The Man Who Walked Backward Condition: New Author: Ben Montgomery Publisher: Little, Brown & Company Subtitle: An American Dreamer's Search for Meaning in the Great Depression ISBN-10: 0316438065 EAN: 9780316438063 ISBN: 9780316438063 Format: Hardback Genre: Biography Release Date: 09/27/2018 Description: 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. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 200mm Item Length: 126mm Item Width: 40mm Item Weight: 514g Topic: Business & Finance Release Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
