The author discusses and signs copies of his recently released memoir "American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal" which chronicles his journey on foot from Washington, D.C., to New York City.
In 2021, at a time of both national and personal upheaval, author Neil King started a 330-mile walk from Washington, DC, to New York City. The 26-day journey took him through historic battlefields and cemeteries, over the Mason-Dixon line, past Quaker and Amish farms, along Valley Forge stream beds, atop a New Jersey trash mound, across New York Harbor, and finally, to his ultimate destination: the Ramble, where a tangle of pathways converges in Central Park.
He chronicles the experience in "American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal," which filmmaker Ken Burns described as “a near perfect book, an exquisitely seen and felt memoir of an American journey.”
For his Princeton audience, King will share local stories, including walking the Delaware Canal Path; crossing the river in the same location as George Washington, encountering the myth of the Mercer Oak, and experiencing Grover’s house in Grovers Mill.
About the Author: Neil King Jr. is a longtime Capitol Hill resident and former national political reporter and editor at the Wall Street Journal. He is the founder and editor of Gotham Canoe, an online publication devoted to the outdoors.
This event is co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton.
