June 16, 1929 - Otto E Funk, 62, ends marathon walk (New York to SF, 4165 miles in 183 days).

October 5, 1974 - American David Kunst returned to Waseca, Minnesota, having completed the first round-the-world journey on foot; took four years and 21 pairs of shoes to complete the 14,500-mile journey across the land masses of four continents; left his hometown of Waseca, Minnesota, on June 20, 1970; reasons for his epic trek: "I was tired of Waseca, tired of my job, tired of a lot of little people who don't want to think, and tired of my wife." During the long journey, he took on sponsors and helped raise money for UNICEF. American George Shilling boasted of a round-the-world journey nearly a hundred years before, but his feat was never verified. American, Arthur Blessitt, holds the record for the greatest distance walked and most countries visited: since 1969 - more than 34,500 miles, 290 countries on six continents (carrying a collapsible 12-foot cross and preaching Christianity).

Joseph A. Amato (2004). On Foot: A History of Walking. (New York, NY: New York University Press, 333 p.). Walking--History.

Anthony Bailey (1992). A Walk Through Wales. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 290 p.). Bailey, Anthony, 1933- --Journeys--Wales; Walking--Wales; Wales--Description and travel.

Waldo R. Browne (1970). Joys of the Road; A Little Anthology in Praise of Walking. (Freeport, NY: Books for Libraries Press, 103 p. [orig. pub. 1919]). Walking--Literary collections; English literature. 

Ffyona Campbell (1991). Feet of Clay: Her Epic Walk Across Australia. (Port Melbourne, Vic.: W. Heinemann Australia, 277 p.). Campbell, Ffyona, 1967- --Diaries; Campbell, Ffyona, 1967- --Journeys--Australia; Walking--Australia.

--- (1995). On Foot Through Africa. (London, UK: Orion, 404 p.). Campbell, Ffyona, 1967- --Journeys--Africa; Walking--Africa; Africa--Description and travel.

--- (1996). The Whole Story: A Walk Around the World. (London, UK: Orion, 279 p.). Campbell, Ffyona, 1967- --Journeys; Women travelers--Great Britain; Voyages around the world; Walking.

Bruce S. Feiler (2001). Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses. (New York, NY: Morrow, 451 p.). Feiler, Bruce S.--Journeys--Middle East; Bible. O.T. Pentateuch--Geography; Middle East--Description and travel. Maps of the Biblical World from c. 2000-1200 B.C.E. and of the Middle East on endpapers. Arduous trek in Middle East in search of Old Testament holy sites.

Michael Fewer (1998). By Swerve of Shore: Exploring Dublin's Coast. (Dublin, IR: Gill & Macmillan, 192 p.). Fewer, Michael--Journeys--Ireland--Dublin (County); Walking--Ireland--Dublin (County); Coasts--Ireland--Dublin (County); Dublin (Ireland : County)--Description and travel.

Colin Fletcher (1987). The Thousand-Mile Summer: In Desert and High Sierra. (New York, NY: Vintage Books, 232 p. [orig. pub. 1964]). Fletcher, Colin--Journeys--California; Walking--California; California--Description and travel.

Bill Gale (1980). The Wonderful World of Walking. (New York, NY: Dell, 286 p. Walking; Physical fitness; Walking--United States--Guidebooks; United States--Guidebooks.

Jason Goodwin (1995). On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul. (New York, NY: Holt, 278 p. [orig. pub. 1993]). Goodwin, Jason, 1964- --Journeys--Europe, Eastern; Europe, Eastern--Description and travel.

Thomas Hall, T.R. Johnson, and Phil Michaelson. (1993). Walked to Alaska, Clawed by a Bear: The Stupendous 4000 Mile Trek: A True Story of Robert J. Kennedy. (Thorne Bay, AK: Prince of Wales Pub. Co., 304 p.). Kennedy, Robert J.--Journeys--North America; Walking--North America; North America--Description and travel.

Dick the "Walk Doc" Harding (1989). Walking Through Stress: Meditation in Motion. (San Rafael, CA: Cassandra Press, 181 p.). Walking--Therapeutic use; Stress (Psychology)--Prevention; Stress (Physiology)--Prevention; Meditation.

Samuel A. Harper (1928). A Hoosier Tramp. (Chicago, IL: The Prairie Club, 151 p.). Natural history--Indiana; Walking; Indiana--Description and travel.

Donald E. Hayden (1983). Wordsworth's Walking Tour of 1790. (Tulsa, OK: University of Tulsa, 129 p.). Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850 --Journeys--Europe; Poets, English--18th century--Biography; Walking--Europe; Europe--Description and travel.

Peter Jenkins (1979). A Walk Across America. (New York, NY: Morrow, 288 p.). Jenkins, Peter, 1951- ; Walking--United States; United States--Description and travel; United States--Biography.

Peter and Barbara Jenkins (1981). The Walk West: A walk Across America 2. (New York, NY: Morrow, 349 p.). Jenkins, Peter, 1951- --Journeys--United States; Jenkins, Barbara--Journeys--United States; Walking--United States; United States--Description and travel; United States--Biography.

Carolyn Scott Kortge (1998). The Spirited Walker: Fitness Walking for Clarity, Balance, and Spiritual Connection. (San Francisco, CA: HarperSanFrancisco, 253 p.). Fitness walking; Fitness walking--Psychological aspects.

David Kunst and Clinton Trowbridge (1979). The Man Who Walked Around the World: A True Story. (New York, NY: Morrow, 253 p.). First Person Verified To Have Completed Circling the Entire Land Mass of the Earth (with exception of the oceans) on Foot. Kunst, David; Voyages around the world.

E. Hector Kyme (1975). A Million and More Strides. (London, UK: Hale, 207 p.). Kyme, E. Hector, 1906- ; Walking--Great Britain; Great Britain--Description and travel.

William MacGillivray; edited by Robert Ralph (1998). A Walk to London. (Stornoway, Scotland: Acair, 158 p.). MacGillivray, William, 1796-1852 --Diaries; MacGillivray, William, 1796-1852 --Journeys--Great Britain; Walking--Great Britain--History--19th century; Ornithologists--Great Britain--Biography; Natural history--Great Britain; Great Britain--Description and travel.

Graham Mackintosh (1995). Into a Desert Place: A 3000 Mile Walk Around the Coast of Baja California. (New York, NY: Norton, 312 p. [rev. and expanded]). Mackintosh, Graham--Journeys--Mexico--Baja California; Deserts--Mexico--Baja California; Walking--Mexico--Baja California; Baja California (Mexico)--Description and travel.

Harvey Manning (1986). Walking the Beach to Bellingham. (Seattle, WA: Madrona Publishers, 265 p.). Manning, Harvey--Journeys--Washington (State); Manning, Harvey--Diaries; Beaches--Washington (State); Walking--Washington (State); Washington (State)--Description and travel.

George Meegan (1988). The Longest Walk: An Odyssey of the Human Spirit. (New York, NY: Dodd, Mead, 402 p.). Meegan, George--Journeys--America; Walking--America; America--Description and travel.

John Merrill (1979). Turn Right at Land's End: The Story of his 7000 Mile British Coastal Walk. (Oxford, UK: Oxford Illustrated Press, 233 p.). Walking--Great Britain; Great Britain--Description and travel.

John Hanson Mitchell; drawings by Robert Leverett (1995). Walking Towards Walden: A Pilgrimage in Search of Place. (Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., 301 p.). Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862 --Homes and haunts--Massachusetts--Walden Woods; Natural history--Massachusetts--Concord Region (Town); Natural history--Massachusetts--Walden Woods; Walking--Massachusetts--Concord Region (Town); Walking--Massachusetts--Walden Woods; Concord Region (Mass. : Town)--Description and travel; Walden Woods (Mass.)--Description and travel.

Miles Morland (1992). The Man Who Broke Out of the Bank-- And Went for a Walk in France. (London, UK: Bloomsbury, 215 p.). Morland, Miles--Journeys--France, Southern; Walking--France, Southern; Bankers--Great Britain--Job stress; France, Southern--Description and travel.

--- (1992). Miles Away: A Walk Across France. (New York, NY: Random House, 238 p.). Morland, Miles--Journeys--France, Southern; Walking--France, Southern; Bankers--Great Britain--Job stress; France, Southern--Description and travel.

Steven M. Newman (1987). Letters from Steven: Stories from the First Solo Walk Around the World. (Topeka, KS: Capper's Books, 367 p.). Newman, Steven M.; Voyages around the world; Walking.

--- (1989). Worldwalk. (New York, NY: Morrow, 527 p.). Newman, Steven M.--Journeys; Voyages around the world; Walking.

Tim Robinson (1986). Stones of Aran: Pilgrimage. (Dublin, IR: Wolfhound Press, 298 p.). Robinson, Tim, 1935- --Journeys--Ireland--Aran Islands; Walking--Ireland--Aran Islands; Aran Islands (Ireland)--Description and travel.

Jeffrey C. Robinson (1989). The Walk: Notes on a Romantic Image. (Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 139 p.). English literature--History and criticism; Walking in literature; Romanticism; Walking; American literature--History and criticism.

Ned Rozell (2000). Walking My Dog, Jane: From Valdez to Prudhoe Bay Along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline. (Pittsburgh, PA: Duquesne University Press, 342 p.). Rozell, Ned, 1963- --Journeys--Alaska; Trans-Alaska Pipeline (Alaska); Walking--Alaska; Dogs--Alaska; Natural history--Alaska; Alaska--Description and travel; Alaska--Biography--Anecdotes.

Leslie Sansone (2005). Walk Away the Pounds: The Breakthrough 6-Week Program That Helps You Burn Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great Without Dieting. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 259 p.). Fitness walking; Weight loss; Reducing exercises.

J.M. Scott (1969). From Sea to Ocean: Walking Along the Pyrenees. (London, UK: Bles, 213 p.). Pyrenees (France and Spain)--Description and travel.

Rebecca Solnit (2000). Wanderlust: A History of Walking. (New York, NY: Viking, 326 p.). Walking--History; Hiking--History; Voyages and travels.

Christopher Somerville (1979). Walking Old Railways. (North Pomfret, Vt.: David & Charles, 144 p.). Railroads--Abandonment--Great Britain; Walking--Great Britain.

--- (1994). The Road to Roaringwater: A Walk Down the West of Ireland. (London, UK: HarperCollins, 249 p.). Somerville, Christopher--Journeys--Ireland; Country life--Ireland; Walking--Ireland; Ireland--Description and travel.

John R. Stilgoe (1998). Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places. (New York, NY: Walker and Co., 187 p.). Walking--United States--Philosophy; Cycling--United States--Philosophy; United States--Description and travel--Psychological aspects; United States--History, Local--Philosophy.

David Stoess (2000). Right Foot in the Pacific, Left Foot in the Atlantic. (Central Point, OR: Hellgate Press, 290 p.). Stoess, David--Journeys--United States; Walking--United States; United States--Description and travel; United States--Social life and customs--1971-.

Janet Street-Porter (1998). Coast to Coast with Janet Street-Porter. (New York, NY: BBC Books/Parkwest, 224 p.). Street-Porter, Janet, 1946- --Journeys--England; Street-Porter, Janet, 1946- --Journeys--Wales; Walking--England; Walking--Wales; England--Description and travel; Wales--Description and travel.

ed. Ron Strickland (1988). Shank's Mare: A Compendium of Remarkable Walks. (New York, NY: Paragon House, 420 p.). Walking in literature; Travel in literature; Literature, Modern--20th century.

Aaron Sussman and Ruth Goode (1980). The Magic of Walking. (New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 412 p.). Walking--Addresses, essays, lectures.

Robert Sweetgall & John Dignam (1986). The Walker's Journal: Walking Across America: A True Story, A Walking Diary. (Newark, DE: Creative Walking, 116 p.). Walking--United States; United States--Description and travel.

Spud Talbot-Ponsonby (1997). Two Feet, Four Paws: The Girl Who Walked Her Dog 4,500 miles. (Chichester, UK: Summersdale, 256 p.). Talbot-Ponsonby, Spud--Journeys--Great Britain; Walking--Great Britain; Coasts--Great Britain; Dogs--Great Britain; Great Britain--Description and travel.

Alfred Wainwright (1987). A Pennine Journey: The Story of a Long Walk in 1938. (New York, NY: Penguin Books, 213 p.). Wainwright, Alfred--Journeys--England--Pennine Chain; Walking--England--Pennine Chain; Pennine Chain (England)--Description and travel.

Carol Kyros Walker (1992). Walking North with Keats. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 246 p.). Keats, John, 1795-1821 --Journeys--England, Northern; Keats, John, 1795-1821 --Journeys--Scotland; Keats, John, 1795-1821 --Correspondence; Poets, English--19th century--Correspondence; Walking--England, Northern; Walking--Scotland; Scotland--Description and travel; England, Northern--Description and travel.

editors of Walking Magazine (2000). The Walker Within: Forty-Five Lives Changed by Walking. (New York, NY: Lyons Press. Walking--Anecdotes; Walking--Psychological aspects.

Anne D. Wallace (1993). Walking, Literature, and English Culture: The Origins and Uses of Peripatetic in the Nineteenth Century. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 265 p.). English literature--19th century--History and criticism; Walking--England--History--19th century; Walking in literature; England--Civilization--19th century.