[at-l] Earthworm

[bradleybishop at sbcglobal.net (Bradley M. Bishop)]

I too enjoyed reading installments of Then the Hail Came. I wasn't smart enough to print it out (or maybe too cheap!) and would read it until I was cross-eyed. Would probably enjoy it more if I printed it...
 
BB

Jim Bullard <jbullar1@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
At 09:51 AM 11/1/2004 -0500, Leslie Booher wrote:
>I dont see the following book listed:
>
>Me And The Boy
>Paul Hemphill
>ISBN 0-8041-0142-6
>1986
>
>Book is written by a "real author" who hikes the trail with his son as 
>they attempt to get to know each other.
>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>I read that book. It was pretty dreadful. The Boy was OK. Me was a 
>dreadful sort. But, yes, it was about hiking the AT.
>
>anklebear

"Me" was a guy with an alcohol problem. Quite a few of those who take to 
the AT do so as therapy of one sort or another to exorcize personal demons 
of one sort or another. It was well written and I liked it okay but then 
I'm an AT book junkie.

The all time best journal (IMHO) is George Steffanos' "Then The Hail Came". 
George also had demons but was/is a more likeable character than Paul 
Hemphill presented in "Me and the Boy". I liked "Then The Hail Came" so 
much I captured it all, printed it out and had it spiral bound so I could 
put it on my bookshelf with my other AT books just in case it ever 
disappeared from the web (currently the only place it exists). I was also 
very happy to meet George at the 2003 Gathering and I'm sorry I didn't have 
my homemade copy of his web book handy to have him autograph it.

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