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On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage
On the Beaten Path An Appalachian Pilgrimage
Author: Robert Alden Rubin
Of the "thruhikers" who set out to walk the entire Appalachian Trail, about one in every ten actually makes it. Robert Rubin's chances did not look good. Thirty-eight years old, dispirited, and burned out by a job he'd once loved, he dreamed of leaving mortgage and wife and cul-de-sac life behind for a journey that could take half a year - or pe...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781585743971
ISBN-10: 1585743976
Publication Date: 9/1/2001
Pages: 256
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3.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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wirenth avatar reviewed On the Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage on + 25 more book reviews
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the story of one man's thruhike of the AT, and unlike Bill Bryson, he actually made it. this book was wonderful. it was a great mix of trail experience and lore and the spiritualism that comes from undertaking the hike. it was both personal and impersonal, and engaging beginning to end. it makes me want more than anything to drop out of "real life" for six months and hike from georgia to maine, to see if i can find what i'm so sorely missing right now, even though i couldn't tell you what that is.
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**** Author's true story of a "thruhike" of the Appalachian Trail. Witty and humorous.
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