Just Passin' Thru: A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters
10 best books like Just Passin' Thru: A Vintage Store, the Appalachian Trail, and a Cast of Unforgettable Characters (Winton Porter): Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail, Southbound, Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail, A Walk for Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail, Walking Home, Walking the Appalachian Trail, Skywalker: Close Encounters on the Appalachian Trail, The Complete Walker, Hiking Through: Finding Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
| Author | Ben Montgomery |
| ISBN | 1613747187 |
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography
Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother...
| Author | Lucy Letcher |
| ISBN | 0811735303 |
"Rarely will you find books that explore the human emotions of a long-distance trek so honestly and clearly." --Roger Williamson, Campmor, Inc. "Highly recommended." --trailsbib.blogspot.com
From the book: "We stood for a moment before the venerable signpost marking the summit. Scored...
Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail
| Author | Jennifer Pharr Davis |
| ISBN | 0825306493 |
After graduating from college, Jennifer isn't sure what she wants to do with her life. She is drawn to the Appalachian Trail, a 2175-mile footpath that stretches from Georgia to Maine. Though her friends and family think she's crazy, she sets out alone to hike the trail, hoping it will give her time to...
Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart: An Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail
Carrot Quinn fears that she's become addicted to the internet. The city makes her feel numb, and she's having trouble connecting with others. In a desperate move she breaks away from everything to walk 2,660 miles from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. It will be her first long-distance hike.
In...
| Author | Jeff Alt |
| ISBN | 0825308496 |
As seen on ESPN and Hallmark Channel: Jeff Alt takes you along every step of his 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail adventure filled with humorous, frightening, and inspirational stories including bears, bugs, blisters, captivating characters, skunk bed mates, and hilarious food cravings. As Alt walked...
"Rarely will you find books that explore the human emotions of a long-distance trek so honestly and clearly." --Roger Williamson, Campmor, Inc. "Highly recommended." --trailsbib.blogspot.com
After hiking the AT from Maine to Georgia, Lucy and Susan Letcher decided that the best way to...
| Author | Larry Luxenberg |
| ISBN | 0811730956 |
Because this was published in 1994, it is best understood as a catalog of legends, myths, and personalities that define the trail and give it historical meaning. Here, you will learn about Emma "Grandma" Gatewood, who was the first woman to thru-hike the AT. Alongside "profiles" about legendary hikers,...
| Author | Bill Walker |
| ISBN | 1934144266 |
Why would a middle-aged businessman who had never even spent the night outdoors, attempt to hike the entire Appalachian Trail? Bill Walker, a former commodities trader in Chicago and London, and an avid walker, had developed a virtual obsession to hike this historic 2,175 mile footpath in one hiking...
| Author | Colin Fletcher |
| ISBN | 0375703233 |
For the first time since 1984, we have a new edition of the classic book that Field & Stream called "the Hiker's Bible." For this version, the celebrated writer and hiker Colin Fletcher has taken on a coauthor, Chip Rawlins, himself an avid outdoorsman and a poet from Wyoming. Together, they have...
| Author | Paul V. Stutzman |
| ISBN | 0984076050 |
After losing his wife to breast cancer, Paul Stutzman decided to make some big changes. He quit his job of seventeen years and embarked upon a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, a 2,176-mile stretch of varying terrain spanning fourteen states. During his nearly five-month-long hike, he battled brutal...
| Author | Jobst Brandt |
| ISBN | 0960723668 |
The 'Bicycle Wheel' is a book for every cyclist, from novice rider to experienced wheel builder, going beyond the most commonly asked questions. This volume answers questions such as: Should I use low- or high-flanged hubs for touring * Should I spoke crossed-four or crossed-three? Are radially spoked...
Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home
| Author | Heather "Anish" Anderson |
| ISBN | 1680512366 |
By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appalachian Trail (AT), Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), and Continental Divide Trail (CDT)—a combined distance of 7,900 miles with a vertical gain of more than one million feet. A few years later, she left her...
The Kindness of Strangers: Penniless Across America
Wall Street Journal bestseller...Featured on Oprah...The inspirational account of one man's continental leap of faith--and the country that caught him
What would you do if you had to journey penniless across America, depending only on the kindness of those you met along the way? If you're...
