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Title: As Far as the Eye Can See by David Brill ISBN: 1-889386-28-6 Publisher: Appalachian Trail Conference Pub. Date: 01 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best AT book I've read
Comment: It's hard to write a review about this book. Why? It's so good. Why is it good, and what makes it different?
First, it tells of the trail and the people he met in 1979. I doubt you'd find some of these folks along the AT today. For example, the rednecks who came a'drinkin' and a'shootin' at a Georgia shelter, the mountain woman who showed him how to hunt ramps, and the strange and funny account of the rednecks with their "bullet trick" at the tavern in Erwin. Most of these type folks have probably faded into the era from which they came, now extinct by the pervasive eroding effect of the media and its pressure for everyone to conform to American McCulture, not to mention the effect of a constant stream of AT thru-hikers through a previously much more isolated mountain culture and communities.
He writes very well of the changes the trail had on himself, and the transition from feeling like a visitor in the woods to a resident of the woods. He goes from being deathly afraid of thunderstorms in gaps in Georgia when he started, to enjoying them later on. And the change in personal values his hike had on him.
Another big difference is this book is written by subjects, not chronologically like the numerous journal-type AT books. Chapters are on "Fear," "Seasons," "Our Community," "Bad Company," "Critters," and so forth. I find this a refreshing break from those books that generally read something like: "I got up at 6 am, cooked pop tarts, walked X miles up a MFer of a hill, saw curly joe and moe, stayed at X shelter, cooked slop tarts, tossed and turned under a leaky roof, got up at 6 am and started again."
Don't know else to say. Read it.
Rating: 5
Summary: An A.T. Classic
Comment: In his book, "As Far Aas the Eye Can See", David Brill takes the reader on a soul-sirring adventure along the rooftop of eastern America. He tugs at heart strings as he overcomes the grueling day-to-day trials and tribulations that plague long distance backpackers, and he lifts the reader's spirit as his soul soars to lofty heights as the beauty of Nature's bounty unfolds. Couch-bound? Not to worry. Mr. Brill evokes pictures with his dynamic and descriptive prose that carries the reader alongside, step by step. A must-read! J.R. "Model-T" Tate, author of "Walkin' on the Happy Side of Misery"
Rating: 5
Summary: Great reading!
Comment: Mr Brill's book was the first of several I have read on hiking the AT, and it is, so far, still my favorite. He tell's about the hardships without moaning and groaning, and also lists the good things. You can get a good idea of what to expect about the AT from reading this book.
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Title: On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage by Robert Alden Rubin ISBN: 1585743976 Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Walkin' on the Happy Side of Misery: A Slice of Life on the Appalachian Trail by Junius R. Tate ISBN: 1401020410 Publisher: Xlibris Corporation Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $26.99 |
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Title: White Blaze Fever by Bill Schuette ISBN: 1589394291 Publisher: Virtualbookworm.com Publishing Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: A Season on the Appalachian Trail: An Ameican Odyssey, 2nd by Lynn Setzer ISBN: 0897323823 Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Long Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail: For the Older Adventurer by David Ryan ISBN: 0938631209 Publisher: Pennywhistle Press Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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