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North to Katahdin: What Hikers Seek on the Trail
Eric Pinder
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Description for North to Katahdin: What Hikers Seek on the Trail
paperback. Are the urbanites trekking trails with cell phones, synthetic fabrics, and GPS units having remotely the same experience that Thoreau did in 1846? Pinder's interviews with these hikers create a vivid portrait of the communion with nature they seek, and of the world they are trying to escape. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: WSZC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 236.
When Thoreau stood on the flank of Maine’s Mt. Katahdin 1846, he was one of a handful of Americans who had ventured so deeply into the wilderness for the mere sake of seeing what was there. Today, hundreds of thousands of people—some with cell phones and GPS—stand where Thoreau did. For some, Katahdin is the long-awaited terminus of the Appalachian Trail, the 2,160-mile footpath from Georgia to Maine. For others, Maine’s highest peak and the state park surrounding it are the closest they can come to wilderness—the Glacier National Park of the east. In North to Katahdin, Eric Pinder ... Read more
When Thoreau stood on the flank of Maine’s Mt. Katahdin 1846, he was one of a handful of Americans who had ventured so deeply into the wilderness for the mere sake of seeing what was there. Today, hundreds of thousands of people—some with cell phones and GPS—stand where Thoreau did. For some, Katahdin is the long-awaited terminus of the Appalachian Trail, the 2,160-mile footpath from Georgia to Maine. For others, Maine’s highest peak and the state park surrounding it are the closest they can come to wilderness—the Glacier National Park of the east. In North to Katahdin, Eric Pinder ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Milkweed Editions United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, United States
ISBN
9781571312808
SKU
V9781571312808
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