American Story

"I sometimes feel like doing some damage," Josh's eyes were filled with tears, "they are so unfair. They are not my schoolmates, but curses that plague me constantly."

"It annoys me so much, I don't know what to do with them... Or myself... Anymore."

In 1955, this 75 year old battler embarked on one of her longest and most grueling journeys.

A 40,000-mile, five-month-long tour through Asia.

"Biological aging happens at two levels - one at the level of my whole being which you call Pa, and another at the part level of my individual cells that make up my body."

"The age of my whole body is different from the age of my individual cells just like the age of your toy car may be different from the age of its individual parts.”