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I was surprised to see that the article ended without revealing whether he made it, but apparently it's an excerpt from a much longer biography. Wikipedia sort
by schoen 8y ago
I was surprised to see that the article ended without revealing whether he made it, but apparently it's an excerpt from a much longer biography.
Wikipedia sort of answers that question but leaves open a ton of other questions:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plennie_L._Wingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plennie_L._Wingo
Apparently Wingo published a memoir in 1982 under the title Around the world Backwards, and the new biography is called The Man Who Walked Backward: An American Dreamer's Search for Meaning in the Great Depression.
- TheAndruu 8y agoI can't believe how many words are written about everything except his journey. I kept skimming and skimming but there's so much fluff
- mansilladev 8y agoI couldn’t agree more. Maybe we all just got Rick Rolled in long form.
- ChristianGeek 8y agoLooks like he made it 8000 miles in 6 months before Istanbul denied him a visa. Came home to find that his wife had divorced him in absentia. https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018707656 https://www.democraticunderground.com/1018707656
- TheAndruu 8y agoYou just summed up what I basically wanted to know. Thanks.