" The AT-How to Prepare for and Hike It" by Jan D. Curran has to be one of the best books I have read so far to alert the potential thru-hiker to the reality of what one must be prepared to experience and endure in order to complete their thru. I know some people find Curran's books boring and/or rigid in his writing style, however I have read his books and was wondering what other's thought's were about this book and, or his other two books which detail his two season hike from Georgia to Maine.