Along the Edge of AmericaThe best-selling author and walker Peter Jenkins, landlubber par excellence, now takes to the waves and explores, as only he can, a part of America rich in history, mystery, and lore: from the Florida Keys to the Mexican border, by way of the Everglades, the treacherous "jungle woods," genteel southern homesteads, the Cajun marshlands, and Texas's coastal cattle country. It's a riveting encounter with hardy, resourceful, colorful - and occasionally dangerous - characters who have one thing in common: a fierce love for their world of wind and water and sun, a world that Jenkins brings uniquely to life. |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 9 |
BLASTING INTO THE DARKNESS | 15 |
WHEN THE DANCING STOPPED | 18 |
ANOTHER COOPER | 25 |
SHAKEDOWN | 34 |
PASSIVE PANIC | 40 |
A DETERIORATING CONDITION | 45 |
THE THRILL OF MATING | 51 |
THE PARKER BROTHERS | 96 |
SO COMFORTABLE IN THE BLACKNESS | 104 |
LITTLE FINGERS IN A SHARKS MOUTH | 108 |
THOUSANDS OF OUTSTRETCHED ARMS | 114 |
ITS FREAKY MAN | 118 |
A REAL SENSITIVE MAN | 124 |
MAN BESIDE MAN | 131 |
BLONDE AND CURVACEOUS | 140 |
BREATHWASTING ATTACKERS | 57 |
LIKE WARM BLACK VELVET | 62 |
MAN O WAR | 70 |
NIGHT SWEATS | 73 |
DANGER CIRCLE | 82 |
TATTOOS OF FLOWERS | 88 |
THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME SCREAMING | 145 |
CASH ALL OVER THE ROAD | 149 |
BITE ON AN OUTBOARD MOTOR | 157 |
THE LOCAL DRUGSTORE | 161 |
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