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Steven M. Newman (born May 31, 1954) is an American world trekker, public speaker and author. From April 1983 to April 1987, he walked solo around the world and became popularly known as "The Worldwalker". He is the author or co-author of two books. The longest hiking trail in Ohio's state park system, the Steven Newman Worldwalker Perimeter Trail at
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Steven M. Newman (born May 31, 1954) is an American world trekker, public speaker and author. From April 1983 to April 1987, he walked solo around the world and became popularly known as "The Worldwalker". He is the author or co-author of two books. The longest hiking trail in Ohio's state park system, the Steven Newman Worldwalker Perimeter Trail at East Fork State Park
East Fork State Park is public recreation area located around the East Fork of the Little Miami River in Clermont County, southeast of central Cincinnati, Ohio, in the United States. It maintains the 33-mile "Steve Newman World-Walker" perime ...
, has been named after him.
Career
Newman graduated fromOhio University
Ohio University (Ohio or OU) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus in Athens, Ohio, United States. The university was first conceived in the 1787 contract between the United States Department of the Treasury#Re ...
in 1977 with a degree in journalism
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. He later returned to his hometown of Bethel to begin what would eventually be officially recognized as the first documented solo walk around the world, complete with having someone from each town he visited sign his log book. His walk around the world was recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
Newman aimed to look at the world (even staying with over 400 families during his travels), stating "I wanted it not only to be a look at the world, but a test of the world. I wanted to see how the world treated a stranger. I set out with the pledge to never ask for more than a drink of water, and if someone didn't offer me food, I would go hungry that day. If no one offered me a place to sleep, I would sleep on the ground."
Newman's walk took four years, spanning 21,000 miles (with flights done to get him from Boston to Ireland and other flights to Yugoslavia and Australia) and 40 million steps. His father, Edwin, died in 1984 while Newman was walking in India. Upon completing his walk, city officials in Bethel declared the day of his return an official holiday.
In 1989, William Morrow and Company
William Morrow and Company is an American publishing company founded by William Morrow in 1926. The company was acquired by Scott Foresman in 1967, sold to Hearst Corporation in 1981, and sold to News Corporation (now News Corp) in 1999. The ...
published a book by Newman, ''Worldwalk'', about his journey.
Bibliography
* Steven Newman.Worldwalk
' 2012 Kindle Edition. * Steven Newman. ''Letters from Steven''. 1987. *
See also
*List of pedestrian circumnavigators
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External links
*Steven Newman's Official Website
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References
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