Walden on Wheels: On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom

by Ken Ilgunas

Book Overview

In this frank and witty memoir, Ken Ilgunas lays bare the existential terror of graduating from the University of Buffalo with $32,000 of student debt. Ilgunas set himself an ambitious mission: get out of debt as quickly as possible. Inspired by the frugality and philosophy of Henry David Thoreau, Ilgunas undertook a three-year transcontinental journey, working in Alaska as a tour guide, garbage picker, and night cook to pay off his student loans...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 054402883X
• ISBN13: 9780544028838
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Mariner Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 7.9"