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The Thousand-Mile Summer: In Desert and High Sierra
The ThousandMile Summer In Desert and High Sierra
Author: Colin Fletcher
At three o'clock one sleepless night, Colin Fletcher decided that what he must do was walk the length of California. He could only fumble with the supporting reasons, but he knew it was a hike he had to make. Fletcher followed lonely stretches of the Colorado, crossed the Mojave, walked the trough of Death Valley and wandered through the High ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780831070465
ISBN-10: 0831070463
Publication Date: 1/1964
Pages: 210
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Publisher: Oak Tree Publications
Book Type: Hardcover
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A remarkable book both in scope and passion. Colin's description of his walk along the Californian border made me nostalgic for a childhood in the deserts of Southern Nevada. His work has a spiritual quality to it, not one you would get from religion, rather a oneness with nature. Truly breathtaking.