To shake the sleeping self a journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a quest for a life with no regret
On the eve of turning thirty, terrified of being sucked into a life he didn't choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent the next sixteen months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections on life soon attracted hundreds of thous...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Convergent Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group,
[2018]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | On the eve of turning thirty, terrified of being sucked into a life he didn't choose, Jedidiah Jenkins quit his dream job and spent the next sixteen months cycling from Oregon to Patagonia. He chronicled the trip on Instagram, where his photos and reflections on life soon attracted hundreds of thousands of followers and got him featured by National Geographic and The Paris Review. Jed now narrates the adventure that started it all: the people and places he encountered on his way to the bottom of the world, and the internal journey that prompted it -- the question of what it means to be an adult; his struggle to reconcile his sexual identity with his conservative Christian upbringing; and his belief in travel as a way to "wake us up" to our lives back home. As he writes in this account of his search for wonder and a life he could believe in, 'It's not about the bike. It's about getting out of your routine -- and that could look like anything." |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 323 pages : maps ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781524761400 1524761400 9781524761387 1524761389 |
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