Adventure - Nonfiction

 

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1. Mother, nature: a 5,000-mile journey to discover if a mother and son can survive their differences

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Duraleigh Road - Biography
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Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
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Green Road Community - Biography
B JENKINS
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"In this ... memoir, ... a forty-year-old gay man and his eccentric conservative mother travel the country together and find surprising answers to our generational and cultural rifts. When his mother, Barbara, turned seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins was reminded of a palpable, sobering truth: our parents won't live forever. For years, he and Barbara had talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them. They landed on an idea: retrace the thousands...

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

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Eva H. Perry Regional - Biography
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Green Road Community - Biography
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Oberlin Regional - Biography has 3
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"From travel writer and Instagram phenomenon Jedidiah Jenkins, a long-awaited memoir of adventure, failure, and lessons learned while bicycling the 10,000 miles from Oregon to Patagonia. 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 profound reflections...