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 enlarge | Author: David Miller
Publisher: Wingspan Press
Category: Book
Buy New: $15.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  51 reviews
Sales Rank: 71911
Media: Perfect Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1595941096
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9781595941091
ASIN: 1595941096
Publication Date: October 30, 2006
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Great Read / Time Well Spent June 12, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
"Awol on the Appalachian Trail" is much better than most AT books. Thank you David for filling a void with quality writing on the AT experience. As I picked up the book I was cautiously optimistic..the thought of it being "another one of those books" certainly entered my mind, but knew after the first few minutes it was from a writer with obvious talent. Thoughful and well written. I wished it didn't end.
Excellent memoir June 10, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read a lot of AT journals & memoirs. I've read over 60 in print media and about as many on-line. My preference is for ones that make me feel as if I am there with the author, experiencing the trail with him/her. This one does that.
Wish it didn't have to end... March 27, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I've read many AT related books during my preperations to thru-hike the AT. This one is easily one of my favorites! David seems to fill the void between books that are all about the trials and tribulations of the trail and those that are like reading a stereo diagram. He brings the trail alive for any reader to experience. Little hints about water, conditions, health, and of course FOOD. The details are mixed with just enough "from the heart" moments that I found myself dissappointed the trip was over because I was enjoying his hike so much. It made me want to leave for the trail yesterday. I would most certainly call this a must read.
A Captivating Read! March 13, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
David Miller's book is an engaging, entertaining blend of introspection and observation, as he details the challenges of making his way along the 2172 mile Appalachian Trail. I highly recommend this book for both those contemplating a thru-hike, and those simply interested in a very readable account of the experience.
A busy bloggers opinion on Miller's AT sojourn March 11, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Miller's book kept me entranced from the first chapter and I read non-stop for a couple of hours. Not only was the description of the sometimes colorful characters he ran into on his sojourns amusing and poignant but his thought process appealed to mine as it bought to mind my own thoughts while I was out there. The first three chapters were particularly appealing to me as I had been out there in the same region and it seemed, like just yesterday that I too had walked this way. When he says "Alone, cruising serenely through the woods, is a situation that nurtures emotional liberation. In the bustle of everyday life there is no time for frivolous thoughts", I recalled the stressful time that I was going through with my divorce prior to my hike and remember how the AT was my head clearing mission.
As his journey along the trail we feel the distance he has put between him and the distant outside world, and how satisfying it is to sometimes put all our worries aside, and just live for today when he confides "In suburbia the din of traffic, machines, and the voices of other people were the norm. I didn't feel harassed by noise. In the forest I appreciate the quiet and the clarity of thought that it induces. It is a welcome unanticipated benefit. I feel unstressed, fit, alert and invigorated ..." He goes on to reiterate these thoughts a little later when he adds "...I have come to recognize that most of what is memorable and pleasing about my time on the trail are ordinary moments in the outdoors......It is fulfilling to be saturated with the sights, sounds and smells..."
For those uninitiated in the AT, and for those that have hiked on it themselves, the book captivates and enthralls, and we are as excited as Miller is when he reaches his goal at Mt. Katahdin and completes his 2170 mile thru-hike from Georgia to Maine.
Mark Sadler www.mps1956.blogspot.com
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