America On Foot
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America On Foot
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Author : Kerry Segrave
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2006-03-15
America On Foot written by Kerry Segrave and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-15 with Social Science categories.
Hippocrates, one of history's earliest known physicians, once asserted, "Walking is man's best medicine." Over the last three centuries, people have endorsed walking for a variety of reasons--health among them. Before the 1700s, people walked as an essential part of their lifestyle. With the coming of the transportation revolution--and the advent of such conveyances as horse-drawn coaches, railways and automobiles--walking became something that was done increasingly out of choice rather than necessity. England's fashionable society engaged in afternoon promenades as a stylish fad. While America's vast distances and sparse settlements made this activity impractical, Americans nevertheless took to walking in other ways, including engaging in long distance walking competitions complete with spectators and prize money. Thus, for most of the twentieth century, the activity of walking was much more than a means of transportation. Beginning with the history of walking as a social activity, the book discusses the various issues which have affected walkers, including increased automobile traffic, the attention of the marketing industry and pedestrian regulations. The work examines the contemplative, psychological and observational qualities of walking as well as famous personalities--including Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, John Keats and John James Audubon--who endorsed these intellectual qualifications. During the 1970s fitness boom, walking was reinvented yet again, becoming an activity of numbers and equations as participants fought to maximize health benefits. The book concludes with a legal analysis of pedestrianism as it relates to sharing space with the automobile.
Across America On Foot
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Author : Across America Author Group
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-03-09
Across America On Foot written by Across America Author Group and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-09 with categories.
Why would anyone travel across the American continent on foot? The answer can be found in each of the 27 adventures in this compilation. This book is the first-ever collection of people who have crossed the USA from one side to the other, and in some cases, more than once. Some traveled east to west; others went vice versa. Some crossed without support and others had family or organizations assisting. These persons are from all walks of life: a recovering alcoholic, a retired CEO, a housewife, a teenager, and even a 10-year-old boy and his father. Some had a support vehicle while others were at the mercy of the elements with nothing more than a jogging stroller or a day pack. These are stories of adventure where auto and truck traffic were dangers of daily life. These are untold stories one cannot find in daily headlines. They are stories that can only be told by those who have traveled more than 2,500 miles Across America on Foot.
Life On Foot
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Author : Nate Damm
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-02-28
Life On Foot written by Nate Damm and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-28 with categories.
On February 26, 2011, Nate Damm stood barefoot in the Atlantic Ocean on the Delaware coast, then put his shoes on and started walking west. Over 3,200 miles passed under his feet over the following seven-and-a-half months, and he found himself in San Francisco, having walked across America. This is the story of what drove Nate to hit the road and what he found once he got there. Featuring a cast of quirky, wild, and endearing characters, this is a story of heartbreak, redemption, random acts of kindness, blisters, idiotic drivers, no less than one bear attack, small towns, sanity lost somewhere in the desert, love, and what it takes to find peace and happiness at three miles per hour.
Crossing America One Foot At A Time
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Author : Jeremy Schaefer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-03-25
Crossing America One Foot At A Time written by Jeremy Schaefer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-03-25 with categories.
Going To America On Foot
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Author : FENG CHEN
language : zh-CN
Publisher: American Academic Press
Release Date : 2016-06-20
Going To America On Foot written by FENG CHEN and has been published by American Academic Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-20 with Religion categories.
In 1995 encouraged by going abroad to trade under the background of Chinese Reform and Opening-up policy, the hero of this novel started from Heihe and went to the mountainous East Siberia, Bering Strait and the destination Alaska. During his journey, he met the old Japanese soldiers who took part in the Second World War and hided in remote mountains and was saved by a beauty from St. Petersburg. The journey was adventurous and suffering to the hero. In the end the hero had a successful career and found his lover in the Cultural Revolution. The novel, with a clue of the fate changing journey, explores the Second World War, the Cultural Revolution, Chinese Reform and Opening-up as well as Human being’s past and future, which is instructive, insightful and interesting to read.
Introduction To Foot Trails In America
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Author : Robert Colwell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 197?
Introduction To Foot Trails In America written by Robert Colwell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 197? with Hiking categories.
Fun On Foot In America S Cities
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Author : Warwick Ford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-11-01
Fun On Foot In America S Cities written by Warwick Ford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-01 with Health & Fitness categories.
Highlights 50 urban 4 -10 miles routes in 14 cities. Includes comfort and safety, historic, cultural or aesthetic attractions, convenience and a destination for motivation in completing the route.
Her Right Foot
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Author : Dave Eggers
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2017-09-19
Her Right Foot written by Dave Eggers and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-19 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
If you had to name a statue, any statue, odds are good you'd mention the Statue of Liberty. Have you seen her? She's in New York. She's holding a torch. And she's taking one step forward. But why? In this fascinating, fun take on nonfiction, uniquely American in its frank tone and honest look at the literal foundation of our country, Dave Eggers and Shawn Harris investigate a seemingly small trait of America's most emblematic statue. What they find is about more than history, more than art. What they find in the Statue of Liberty's right foot is the powerful message of acceptance that is essential to an entire country's creation. Can you believe that?
One Foot In America
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Author : Yuri Suhl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
One Foot In America written by Yuri Suhl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Fiction categories.
A sweet coming-of-age novel about Shloime (Sol) Kenner's first three years in America, as lived in a Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn. The protagonist, a sort of Jewish David Copperfield, takes a job in a butcher's shop to help his tradition father put bread on their table. The cast of characters includes a colorful assortment of Shloime's relatives as well as pushcart peddlers, merchants, night-school students, communists, anti-Semitic bullies, and the girls with whom he falls in love. Some of the book's most satisfying scenes take place on the boat coming over to America, while others, written in flashback, present gripping tableaux of his childhood "shtetl" in Galicia. Originally published in 1950, "One Foot in America" is a forgotten classic of Jewish immigration fiction, recommended for readers of all ages. Written with warmth, humor and a savoury Yiddish flavour; suitable for young readers. Note: Replaces 978-0-9784435-6-6.
C C Pyle S Amazing Foot Race
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Author : Geoff Williams
language : en
Publisher: Tantor eBooks
Release Date : 2013-03-26
C C Pyle S Amazing Foot Race written by Geoff Williams and has been published by Tantor eBooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Among the runners of C. C. Pyle's First Annual International Transcontinental Foot Race were an assortment of underdogs, including twenty-year-old Oklahoman and part Cherokee Andy Payne, who wanted to win over the girl of his dreams and pay off the mortgage on his family's farm; Paul "Hardrock" Simpson, who was in over his head but couldn't let down his North Carolina hometown; Mike Kelly, a luckless boxer from Indiana; Seattle's Ed Gardner, one of four black runners who encountered bigotry; Charles Hart, a sixty-three-year-old Englishman hoping his best days weren't behind him; and Frank Johnson, a middle-aged husband, father, and steelworker from St. Louis who broke away from his humdrum life and dared to do something different. Newspaper and magazine journalist Geoff Williams details this historic event and the colorful cast of characters involved, based on firsthand accounts of those who were there and interviews from many living descendants. C. C. Pyle's Amazing Foot Race is a classic American story so astonishing and surreal that you have to hear it to believe it.
