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Blind Man Walking : views of the American landscape from the Appalachian Trail

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ISBN: 9798577057978
Physical Description: 266 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] : [Publisher not identified], [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Part One: North Carolina -- Tennessee -- Virginia -- Part Two: Return to Virginia -- West Virginia - Maryland -- Pennsylvania -- Part Three: New Jersey -- New York -- Connecticut - Massachusetts -- Vermont -- Part Four: Back to Georgia -- New Hampshire -- Maine -- Part Five: Struggling to finish.

Summary, etc.:

Two old college buddies contemplate hiking the Appalachian Trail. The problem is, one of them is severely vision impaired and his ability to follow a simple footpath is in serious question. They decide to first try an overnight hike in Arkansas; an unmitigated disaster. Upon their return, one fellow's wife declares he is too old fat and blind to be crashing about in the woods. The other's wife notes how lucky they are to have learned their lesson before attempting anything as seriously challenging as the Appalachian Trail. Humiliated, their dignity in tatters, (and perhaps not the fastest learners), they decide to go anyway. This is their story, traveling America's greatest footpath; the places, the people, the history.