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| war, electronic, random house trade paperbacks, oddities, b 29, pop, mezze, collecting, youngstown, oppenhiemer, | Last month his website had more than 700,000 hits. Fans travel thousands of miles to walk with him for a little way. He has appeared on TV's Today show and radio in countless local newspapers. He has a book deal with HarperCollins and a documentary crew is chronicling his walk. Later this month he will receive the ultimate accolade of American fame: an appearance on OprahFor radio Vaught, 40, who weighed more than 28 stone when radio he left California almost a year ago, it has all come as a shock. 'People seem to think I am some kind of American hero, but I am just a guy.' His walk has touched a nerve in an America struggling with an obesity epidemic and a car-celebrating culture. What started as one man's weight loss has become much more: a symbolic quest for a better way of living. |
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| and America makes him a counterculture hero It started as a pop coast-to-coast weight-loss exercise. Now Steve Vaught's website has 700,000 hits and he's going on Oprah Paul Harris in pop Vandalia, OhioSunday March 12, 2006The Observer The white car halted on the outskirts of town and a pretty woman rolled down pop the window at the sight of a fat man trudging by with a rucksack on his back. 'Are you Steve?' asked Kim Saylor, 26. 'I am such a big fan.'For Steve Vaught, being stopped in the street is now a daily occurrence. He is an unlikely celebrity: a morbidly obese man who has captured the heart of America by walking alone across the country on a quest to lose weight and find his soul. Article continues Like a real-life Forrest Gump, Vaught's journey from coast to coast is touching the lives of millions. |
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