A.M. Hickman has hitchhiked over 100,000 miles through the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and has been continuously traveling in North America for over a decade. A US Coast Guard veteran, traditional Catholic, and a native of the Adirondack Mountains in Upstate New York, he is a full-time writer covering subjects as diverse as patriotism, American culture, travel, and rural affairs on his Substack, 'Hickman's Hinterlands.' This year, he is traveling across the United States with his wife, writing monthly essays for The Free Press in a series titled Falling Back in Love with America.