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Author Jenkins, Jedidiah, author.

Title To shake the sleeping self : a journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and a quest for a life with no regret / Jedidiah Jenkins.

Publication Info. New York : Convergent Books, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2018]
©2018

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY JENKINS    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  917.304 JENKINS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  B JENKINS JEDIDIAH J    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  917.304 JEN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B JENKINS, JEBEDIAH    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-JENKINS JEN    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  B JENKINS    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Biographies  BIOG JENKINS, JEDIDIAH    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Biographies  B JENKINS    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Biographies  B JENKINS JEDIDIAH J    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description viii, 323 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Contents The plan -- It begins -- The coast is clear (Northern California) -- The temptation of home (Southern California) -- Crossing into Baja -- Some background as I lose my mind (Baja and my childhood) -- Cartels and coconuts -- The cathedral sits on the temple (Mexico City) -- What happens if I go home? (Oaxaca and Christmas) -- Harry Devert (Panama) -- A new continent (crossing to Cartagena) -- Cocaine and cute little mushrooms (Cartagena and Medellín) -- God on the trail (Medellín to Salento) -- Sex hotels and here comes mom (Cali to Quito) -- The coldest night (Quito to Cusco) -- Empire falls to empire (Machu Picchu) -- New blood into Bolivia (Bolivia and Argentina) -- All by my Argentina (solo down Argentina) -- Entering the holy land (Mendoza to Bariloche) -- Alone in God's most obvious work (the Carratera Austral) -- Mom and the mountain (Torrres del Paine).
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."
Subject Jenkins, Jedidiah -- Travel -- America.
America -- Description and travel.
Cycling -- America.
Self-actualization (Psychology)
Cycling.
Travel.
America.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs.
TRAVEL / Special Interest / Adventure.
TRAVEL / Special Interest / Literary.
Genre/Form Travel writing.
Self-help publications.
Note Pre-publicaton subtitle: 10,000-mile journey from Oregon to Patagonia, and one man's quest to wake up the soul
Other Form: Online version: Jenkins, Jedidiah, author. To shake the sleeping self First edition. New York : Convergent Books, [2018] 9781524761394 (DLC) 2018042389
ISBN 9781524761387 (hardcover) (alk. paper)
1524761389 (hardcover) (alk. paper)
9781524761394 (ebook)
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