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ekeverette
12-12-2011, 17:22
just finished a really good book about a middle aged man, and his thru hike... three hundred zeroes, by dennis blanchard. i really enjoyed it. does anyone know of another book like this? :)
"The Cactus Eaters: How I Lost My Mind - and Almost Found Myself - on the Pacific Crest Trail" by Dan White.
Not your typical chronological (boring) hiking book.
Other books I have read and liked are: AWOL,Skywalker, both Barefoot Sisters books, Becoming Odyssa, The Things you find on the Appalachian trail, and Three hundred Zeroes.
Cookerhiker
12-12-2011, 21:33
just finished a really good book about a middle aged man, and his thru hike... three hundred zeroes, by dennis blanchard. i really enjoyed it. does anyone know of another book like this? :)
300 Zeros was discussed on this thread (http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php?72271-Three-Hundred-Zeroes-by-Dennis-Blanchard) if you're interested. You'll find more book discussions on the "Books" section under Gear Reviews and the Media forums.
Bill "Skywalker (http://tinyurl.com/7rdcc8y)" Walker's book, SKYWALKER, HIGHS AND LOWS ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL (http://tinyurl.com/7rdcc8y), is currently FREE on Amazon Kindle. I think it is only free until tonight at midnight west coast time. So, you can get a free copy if you hurry. As a fellow author I would ask that you give Bill a fair review in return on Amazon.com. We authors that work with small presses and publishers cannot afford big advertising budgets, we have to depend on you, the readers, to get the word out.
Bill is a great guy and a fellow author. I have really enjoyed his books. Oh, and thanks for the nice comments here about THREE HUNDRED ZEROES (http://tinyurl.com/248ymjg) (it is also on Kindle (http://tinyurl.com/2cvecyg)). I'm getting tons of wonderful fan mail about it. Now, if I could turn that fan mail into reviews...:-?
Dennis "K1" Blanchard
ekeverette
12-13-2011, 08:17
wow... a reply back from the author of the book i just read..... this is so cool! i would suggest (imho) for anyone that's going to attempt a thru to read this book, three hundred zeroes.... it gets you in tune for what's out there..
quilteresq
12-13-2011, 09:13
I also concur that it was a good book, Dennis. Except I lent it out on Kindle and now I can't get it back! Grr. That was the end of my Kindle lending. Authors can be surprisingly gracious. I emailed Ken Follett earlier this year - I'm a huge fan - and he replied with a nice note.
Sugarfoot
12-13-2011, 09:53
Aside from being a fine writer, Dennis is a fine person and a leader of our local AT club, decidedly not a maintaining club.