Re: [Paddlewise] (Getting OT) Book suggestions

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 10:20:37 -0500
At 09:13 AM 11/12/99 +0000, Wes Boyd wrote:
>At 06:40 AM 11/12/99 -0500, John Fereira wrote:
>
>>Although it's not paddling related, "A Walk In The Woods" by Bill
>>Bryson is a highly entertaining read.  It chronicles a thru-hike on
>>the Appalachian trail.
>
>With all the good books available about hiking the AT, I don't understand
>why so many people think that this piece of junk is such a good book. It's
>mostly full of incompetence and insensitivity, and that's how that guy
>writes.

Perhaps that's because the book isn't really *about* hiking the AT, as much
as it is about his personal life experiences, which included hiking on the AT.
I don't think "A Walk In The Woods" is any more about how to hike the AT
anymore than "A Perfect Storm" is about how to run a commercial fishing boat.

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