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The Man Who Walked Backward An American Dreamer's Search for Meaning in the Great Depression

Ben Montgomery

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Ben Montgomery, the story of a Texas man who, during the Great Depression, walked around the world -- backwards. Like most Americans at the time, Plennie Wingo was hit hard by the effects of the Great Depression. When the bank foreclosed on his small restaurant in Abile...

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It was the source for the podcast episode, detailing Plennie Wingo's journey walking backwards around the world. It was described as a great history book, although containing several mistakes and was mentioned to have many photos.

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Most of this, well all of it, was just from the book, The Man Who Walked Backward by Ben Montgomery.

— Episode: 493 - Plennie Wingo

Episode: 493 - Plennie Wingo

It was the source for the podcast episode, detailing Plennie Wingo's journey walking backwards around the world. It was described as a great history book, although containing several mistakes and was mentioned to have many photos.

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Most of this, well all of it, was just from the book, The Man Who Walked Backward by Ben Montgomery.

It's a great history book.

It's full of mistakes.

It has tons of photos.

One chapter was 'I startled the mule'.

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