Tuesday, November 22, 2016
Books and Films About Hikers and Hiking
BOOKS
about
WALKERS AND WALKING
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Women Walkers
Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail
By Suzanne Roberts memoir of a girl-trip on the trail
Bold Spirit: Helga Estby’s Forgotten Walk across Victorian America
by Linda Lawrence Hunt about Helga Estby’s 1890s cross-country trek
The Woman Who Walked to Russia: A Writer’s Search for a Lost Legend
by Cassandra Pybus about Lillian Alling 1920s trek
Also: Lillian Alling: The Journey Home by Susan Smith-Josephy
Hiking to Siberia by Lawrence Millman
Grandma Gatewood’s Walk
by Ben Montgomery about 1950s hiking by a battered wife
children’s version When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike
documentary: Trail Magic
Barefoot Sisters Southbound Adventures on the Appalachian Trail
by Lucy and Susan Letcher about sisters hiking
Becoming Odyssa
by Jennifer Pharr Davis a young woman’s solo thru-hike
on the Appalachian Trail
Breaking Wild
by Diane Les Becquets suspense novel about wilderness walking
Girl in the Woods
by Aspen Matis a college girl’s 5-month hike [and romance]
on Pacific Coast Ridge from Canada to Mexico
In Beauty May She Walk: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60
by Leslie Mass
Wild
by Cheryl Strayed troubled woman walker on Pacific
Crest Trail, a trail from Mexico to Washington State;
*Wild By Nature
by Sarah Marquis – From Siberia to Australia: Three Years Alone in the Wilderness on Foot
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Male Walkers
*1000 Mile Summer –
Colin Fletcher, 1964. Backpacking along the Colorado, through Death Valley and the Mojave, into the Sierra Nevadas
Benton Mackaye: Conservationist, Planner, and Creator of the Appalachian Trail
by Larry Anderson
Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History
by William Kerrigan
Last Great Walk: The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco,
and Why it Matters Today
by Wayne Curtis about Edward Payson Weston’s 1900 tramping
Also: Man in a Hurry - The extraordinary life and times of Edward Payson
Weston, the World's Greatest Walker
by Nick Harris, Helen Harris and Paul Marshall
Weston, Weston, Rah-Rah-Rah! Edward Payson Weston: Original
Sporting Superstar
by P. S. Marshall
Our Southern Highlanders
by Horace Kephart About his 30s years of tramping in the
Appalachians
*Ten Million Steps: Nimblewell Nomad’s Epic 10 Month Trek from the Florida Keys to Quebec. by M. J. Eberhart
Walk Across America
by Peter Jenkins-- about his walk from NY to New Orleans
later wrote additional walking accounts, including one resulting
in marriage
Walk in the Woods
by Bill Bryson about his Appalachian Trail experience
*Walking with Spring
By Earl Shaffer – First AT solo hike In 1948
Wildly Strolling Along
by Ben and Larry Pounds Father-son adventures along the
Cumberland Trail
See Also: Biographies of Vachel Lindsay, Father Junipero Serra, and Henry David Thoreau, focus much on their years of tramping the North American landscape
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History of Walking
1910 Women and a dog tramping
from Chicago to San Francisco
On Trails: An Exploration
by Robert Moor Natural history of path-making, esp along the AT
The Old Ways: A Journey on Foot
by Robert MacFarland Walking in UK with observations on natural
history of path-making
Wanderlust: History of Walking
by Rebecca Solnit academic analysis of literary walking,
esp literary and historical ties
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Adventure Walkers
The Amber Trail
by Natascha Scott-Stokes about 1990s hike/bike trip thru Eastern
Europe by Brit-German
Also Stealing from a Deep Place by Brian Hall about his biking
thru 1990s Southeastern Europe
Between Woods and Water
by Patrick Leigh Fermor about his 1930s hike from Holland to
Istanbul at age 18
Also: he authored other walking accounts, plus he is subject
of his WWII feats
Fossil Hunter: Dinosaurs, Evolution, and the Woman Whose Discoveries Changed the World
by Shelley Emling about 19th British cliff-hiker, Mary Anning, who is now
recognized as world class Jurassic fossil collector
Hiking the Amazon: 86o days One Step at a Time
By Ed Stafford account of being first walker of entire Amazon,
on DVD before book
Also: he has recorded his experience about being naked
and marooned in South Pacific
Places in Between
by Rory Stewart about his trek along the Silk Road, not long after 9-ll
Latest book: The Marches—walking in Scotland, his homeland
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
by Eric Newby --light account of an Englishman walking in the
in Persian-speaking region in Afghanistan mountains
Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf
by John Muir about his 19th cen tramp from Indiana to FL
Also: many other books on his hikes and nature passions
Tracks
by Robyn Davidson about a solo 1700-mile hike in
the hostile Australian outback
Walking the Nile
by Levison Wood about a recent 9-month trek from Rwanda to Egypt
Also: authored additional books about other walking feats
A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia Edwards about her 19th cen
sail from Cairo to border of Sudan
The Whole Story: A Walk Around the World
by Ffyona Campbell about a 20,000 miles of walks around the world
for over a decade
Wild and Fearless
by Nastasha Scott-Stokes biography of 1900s English butterfly
collector Margaret Fountaine, who walked under the most adverse
conditions to complete her extensive butterfly collection
Also: Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden
Gospels by Janet Sokice
Victorian Lady Travellers by Dorothy Middleton
Not Adventure Walking but Adventure Tree Sitting
Wild Trees: What If the Last Wilderness Is Above Us?
by Richard Preston about living in remote California redwood tree tops
for research and peace
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Spiritual Walkers
The Man who Walked Through Time
by Colin Fletcher about his 2-month walk thru the Grand Canyon,
with many spiritual experiences, despite physical obstacles
Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
by Peace Pilgrim about Mildred Lisette Norman’s 1950s cross-country
tramping and preaching
by Paul Coelho about a Brazilian’s hike in Spain on a route followed by
religious pilgrims for centuries.
Sunrise to Santiago
Gabriel Schrim about a recent 500-mile pilgrim trail in Spain with
bedbugs, tendonitis, and enrichment with his companion walker, his wife
Movies about Walkers
Written by actor Emilio Estevez for his father-actor Martin Sheen.
2013 Mile….Mile and a Half—documentary about hiking the 250
miles of the John Muir Trail in CA
2013 Tracks--Australian woman's 9 mo outback trek
with camels and a dog
2014 Wild--bio-pic with Reese Witherspoon from Strayed book Wild
about 1000 mile hike on Pacific Crest Trail to compensate for a life of
destructive behavior
2015 Walk in the Woods—Robert Redford’s Appalachian Trail
experience, based on Bill Bryson’s book of same name
