Book excerpt: "American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal"

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In March 2021 former Wall Street Journal reporter writer Neil King Jr. stepped out of his Washington, D.C., home and walked 26 days on back roads to New York City. Along the way he found America, past and present, and contemplated his own life after having survived esophageal cancer.

He documented his trek in his new book, "American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal" (Mariner Books).