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Author: Mary Sands
Publisher: Appalachian Trail Conference
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780805932744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMary "Mama Boots" Sands introduced more than 100 Girl Scouts to the adventures of the Appalachian Trail during more than 16 years of hiking it in sections. It all adds up to well more than 100 individual adventures.
Author: Bill Bryson
Publisher: Anchor Canada
Published: 2012-05-15
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0385674546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGod only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
Author: Robert Rubin
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009-03-03
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1599217430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn eloquent, wise, and witty account of how one man's six-month, end-to-end hike of the Appalachian Trail led him back home.
Author: D. Dauphinee
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 2019-06-01
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 1608936910
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Geraldine “Gerry” Largay (AT trail name, Inchworm) first went missing on the Appalachian Trail in remote western Maine in 2013, the people of Maine were wrought with concern. When she was not found, the family, the wardens, and the Navy personnel who searched for her were devastated. The Maine Warden Service continued to follow leads for more than a year. They never completely gave up the search. Two years after her disappearance, her bones and scattered possessions were found by chance by two surveyors. She was on the U.S. Navy’s SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) School land, about 2,100 feet from the Appalachian Trail. This book tells the story of events preceding Geraldine Largay’s vanishing in July 2013, while hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maine, what caused her to go astray, and the massive search and rescue operation that followed. Her disappearance sparked the largest lost-person search in Maine history, which culminated in her being presumed dead. She was never again seen alive. The author was one of the hundreds of volunteers who searched for her. Gerry’s story is one of heartbreak, most assuredly, but is also one of perseverance, determination, and faith. For her family and the searchers, especially the Maine Warden Service, it is also a story of grave sorrow. Marrying the joys and hardship of life in the outdoors, as well as exploring the search & rescue community, When You Find My Body examines dying with grace and dignity. There are lessons in the story, both large and small. Lessons that may well save lives in the future.
Author: Jeffrey H Ryan
Publisher: Down East Books
Published: 2016-07-01
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1608935795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLike many hikers who’ve completed the Appalachian Trail, Jeffrey Ryan didn’t do it in one long through-hike. Grabbing weekends here and days off there, it took Jeffrey twenty-eight years to finish the trail, and along the way he learned much about himself and made many new friends, including his best friend, who made the journey with him from start to finish. Including 75 color photos, this engaging book is part memoir, part natural history and lore, and part practical advice. Whether you’ve hiked the AT, are planning to hike it, or only wish to dream of hiking it, this is the book to read next.
Author: Larry Luxenberg
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 1994-10-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 0811744019
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAccounts by thru-hikers, organized by topic. Foreword by hiker Maurice Forrester and stunning color photos by Mike Warren.
Author: Jon Gnarr
Publisher: Melville House
Published: 2014-06-24
Total Pages: 194
ISBN-13: 1612194141
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the epicenter of the world financial crisis, a comedian launched a joke campaign that didn’t seem so funny to the country’s leading politicians . . . It all started when Jón Gnarr founded the Best Party in 2009 to satirize his country’s political system. The financial collapse in Iceland had, after all, precipitated the world-wide meltdown, and fomented widespread protest over the country’s leadership. Entering the race for mayor of Reykjavík, Iceland’s capital, Gnarr promised to get the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park into downtown parks, free towels at public swimming pools, a “drug-free Parliament by 2020” . . . and he swore he’d break all his campaign promises. But then something strange started happening: his campaign began to succeed. And in the party’s electoral debut, the Best Party emerged as the biggest winner. Gnarr promptly proposed a coalition government, although he ruled out partners who had not seen all five seasons of The Wire. And just like that, a man whose previous foreign-relations experience consisted of a radio show (in which he regularly crank-called the White House and police stations in the Bronx to see if they had found his lost wallet) was soon meeting international leaders and being taken seriously as the mayor of a European capital. Here, Gnarr recounts how it all happened and, with admirable candor, describes his vision of a more enlightened politics for the future. The point, he writes, is not to be afraid to get involved—or to take on the system.
Author: George G. Spearing
Publisher: George Spearing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 265
ISBN-13: 1411656180
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe account of a 4300km solo hike from Mexico to Canada through the desert areas and high Sierra Nevada of California and the Cascade ranges of Oregon and Washington.
Author: Douglas Adams
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2009-09-23
Total Pages: 255
ISBN-13: 0307422224
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow celebrating the 42nd anniversary of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, soon to be a Hulu original series! “Hitchhiker fans rejoice! . . . [Here’s] more of the same zany nonsensical mayhem.”—The New York Times Book Review It’s easy to get disheartened when your planet has been blown up and the woman you love has vanished due to a misunderstanding about space/time. However, instead of being disheartened, Arthur Dent makes the terrible mistake of starting to enjoy life a bit—and immediately all hell breaks loose. Hell takes a number of forms: there’s the standard Ford Prefect version, in the shape of an all-new edition of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and a totally unexpected manifestation in the form of a teenage girl who startles Arthur Dent by being his daughter when he didn’t even know he had one. Can Arthur save the Earth from total multidimensional obliteration? Can he save the Guide from a hostile alien takeover? Can he save his daughter, Random, from herself? Of course not. He never works out exactly what is going on. Will you? “Douglas Adams is a terrific satirist. . . . He is anything but harmless.”—The Washington Post Book World
Author: Christine Maxa
Publisher: Big Earth Publishing
Published: 2007-06
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781565795372
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn extensive guide to riding the Grand Canyon State's most scenic routes, Cycling Arizona will show you where to experience Arizona's beauty on two wheels. Elevation profiles and detailed maps help you plan your trips or even combine rides for a statewide tour. Whether you're a casual rider or a cycling enthusiast, road biking Arizona has never been this easy.
