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[at-l] 2/11/98 AT Bibliography News

Well, the Earthworm has been crawling along the old keyboard getting this
week's entry in early, as I'll be off work the rest of the week to host
the amazing Beverly "Maine Rose" Hugo for several days while she's in
Tallahassee to give a talk and slide show at FSU about her 1995 thru-hike
of the Appalachian Trail.  I'm looking forward to her talk, some work on
the upcoming book that she's editing and I'm bibliography-ing especially
for women long-distance hikers, and then perhaps we'll do some hiking!

This week's entry is in the PLANNING GUIDES category:

Planning Guide (Thru-hike/General)--
The Appalachian Trail (1st Edition)
Subtitled:  How to Prepare for & Hike It
Author:  Jan D. Curran
Published by:  Rainbow Books, Inc. P.O.Box 430, Highland City FL 33846-0430
	(941-648-4420)
1995,192 pp., ISBN 1568250509 (hard cover); ISBN 1568250517 (paperback)
Cover price: $6.00
Notes:  A planning guide for the would-be thru-hiker or someone planning a
shorter section, with maps, appendices, bibliography, and index.  Information
on necessary equipment, how to hike (pacing, sanitation, trail etiquette,
etc.) and how to prepare--history of the trail, books to read, and maps to
acquire.  Appendices include a list of Post Offices within 6 miles of the
trail, equipment manufacturers' addresses and phone numbers, and ATC trail
clubs.  Well-organized advice from a hiker who regrets what he didn't know
when he started his hike at Springer Mountain in 1986.  Written by the
author of "The Appalachian Trail: A Journey of Discovery" (see BOOKS/CHAPTERS).

The URL for the Trailplace AT Bibliography is 
	http://trailplace.com/cgi-bin/htmlscript?category_bibliography.hts

Happy reading!  --  Earthworm

Linda L. Patton, Reference Librarian, Strozier Library, Florida State Univ.
      Tallahassee, FL 32306-2047 (850)644-5019 lpatton@mailer.fsu.edu
          "A world without wilderness is a cage." -- David Brower
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