Walden on Wheels
On the Open Road from Debt to Freedom
Ranked #27 in Debt, Ranked #77 in Minimalism
In this 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 3-year transcontinental journey, working in Alaska as a tour guide, garbage picker, and night cook to pay off his student loans before hitchhiking home to New York.
Debt-free, Ilgunas then enrolled in a master’s program at Duke University, determined not to borrow against his future... more
Debt-free, Ilgunas then enrolled in a master’s program at Duke University, determined not to borrow against his future... more
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