WALKRIGHT, Second Edition – CHAPTER EIGHT Part 1: Suggested Reading List and the addresses of many walking friendly organizations

CHAPTER EIGHT:  Suggested Reading List and the addresses of many walking friendly organizations

        “I can remember walking as a child.  It was not customary to say you were fatigued.  It was customary to complete the goal of the expedition.”

        - Katharine Hepburn

 

       

        BACKPACKING

        The Complete Walker III by Colin Fletcher

        (Alfred A. Knopf)

        This may be one of the best all‑around guidebook on backpacking.

 

 

        GENERAL INFORMATION

        The Official Boy Scout Handbook

        Written by William “Green Bar Bill” Hillcourt

        (Boy Scouts of America)

This handbook is an excellent guidebook to the outdoors.

 

 

        GENERAL INFORMATION

        WALKING MINNESOTA

        Written by Mary Jo and Jim Malach

        (Voyageur Press)

        This is an excellent overall guide to Minnesota trail systems, as well as sections for community planners and citizens groups.

 

 

        GENERAL INFORMATION

        The Complete Book of Walking

        By Charles T. Kuntzleman

        (Pocket Nonfiction)

        An excellent guidebook to walking

 

 

        SURVIVAL

        The US Armed Forces Survival Manual

        (Times Books)

 

        “The Loose foot of the wanderer,

        “Is curst as well as blest!

        “It urges ever, ever on,

        “And never gives him rest.”

        Hesper Le Gallienne 1893 - 1970

 

 

        TRAILS:

 

        Minnesota Walk Book(s) by James W. Buchanan

        (Nodin Press)

        This is a series of books locating and describing the trails of the six tourism regions of Minnesota.