Re: [Paddlewise] (Getting OT) Book suggestions

From: Wes Boyd <boydwe_at_dmci.net>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 09:13:54
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.

-- Wes

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