The World Walk : 7 Years. 28,000 Miles. 6 Continents. A Grand Meditation, One Step at a Time.

For fans of Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild and�Suleika Jaouad's Between Two Kingdoms, the invigorating true story of a man and his dog who circled the globe on foot. "Gripping . . .�The World Walk�poignantly grapples with strength and vulnerability, love and loss, and unpacks what it really means to summon the will to keep going."�-Suleika Jaouad,�New York Times�bestselling author of�Between Two Kingdoms"Quietly stunning."�-Laurie Woolever, New York Times bestselling author of World Travel with Anthony Bourdain and�Bourdain: The Definitive Oral BiographyAfter the death of a close friend at seventeen, Tom Turcich resolved to make the most out of life; to travel and be forced into adventure; to experience and understand the world. On April 2nd, 2015, he set out to see it all-one step at a time. The World Walk�is the emotional and exhilarating story of the tenth person and first dog to walk around the world. Together, Turcich and his dog, Savannah, covered twenty-eight thousand miles over the course of seven years. Through deserts, jungles, cities, and mountains, Turcich meditated on what's important in life and�took lessons from cultures around the globe. Rarely has there been a true-life tale of such scope. From sheltered suburbanite to world traveler, Turcich's epic account runs the full gamut: He is held up at knifepoint in Panama and gunpoint in Turkey; wanders deep within himself in the deserts of Peru; watches a democracy fortify itself in Georgia; and takes it all in with his resolute companion by his side. His growth spans the most basic elements of surviving on the road-finding food, water, and safe places to camp-to humanity's more noble aspirations, such as the benefits of democracy, the search for love, and the weighing of personal significance. Accompanied by some of the author's world-class photography, this tour de force of resilience and triumph of the human spirit will reaffirm to readers that the world is beautiful, people are good, and life should be a generous, vibrant adventure.