My father is very nervous about the 2014 thru-hike I'm planning with my fiance. So far he has asked me to carry a satellite phone and wants us to learn survival shelters, to set snares, and increase our knowledge of edible wild plants. In general, I think he sees this as a very rustic trail where we will never be in town or have phone service, even though I have talked extensively about the sections of the trail we have hiked over the past few years. I'm hoping to find a realistic but not overly sentimental trail memoir that I can suggest he read (with nothing in it that will have him requiring I carry pepper spray or giant knife!). I own Becoming Odyssa, Walking with Spring, and A Walk in the Woods but none of these seem right. Any suggestions?