The Things You Find on the Appalachian Trail

A Memoir of Discovery, Endurance and a Lazy Dog

Kevin Runolfson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

228 Seiten

2010
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4767-1 (ISBN)

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Chronicles a man's hike of the Appalachian Trail, which began just north of Atlanta, Georgia, and finished six months later in Maine. This humorous memoir is based on the author's trail journal. It reveals a journey spawned by an unhappy life and separation that lead to a new romance and adventures with an adopted dog.

This upbeat nitty-gritty memoir, based on the author's 2001 trail journal, chronicles one man's hike the whole length of the Appalachian Trail, beginning just north of Atlanta and finishing six months later in Maine. The journey included adventures with a faithful and eccentric dog, a new romance, and the challenges and triumphs of walking 2167 miles in all kinds of weather.

Kevin Runolfson is a Marine Corps veteran and rock climber. He is a police officer in Seattle, Washington.

Table of Contents

Preface

1. The Beginning of a Long Trip

2. Rufus, Rangers and Rain

3. Thinning of the Herd

4. Carnivorous Death Cows

5. Virginia Is for Lovers

6. Baking with New Friends

7. Tribulations of New York–New Jersey

8. Hot and Hotter Still

9. The Greens and the Whites

10. New Hampshire Brings Dad, but Takes Rufus

11. Mainly Beautiful

Epilogue

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.2.2010
Zusatzinfo	45 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	308 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Nord- / Mittelamerika
ISBN-10	0-7864-4767-2 / 0786447672
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-4767-1 / 9780786447671
Zustand	Neuware