Walking the World - Memories and Adventures
Title: Walking the World - Memories and Adventures
Author: Alan Cook
Publisher: 1st Books Library
Category: Non-fiction / Travel
316 pages; ISBN: 1-4140-2040-6
Rating: 7/10
"Walking The World - Memories and Adventures" by Alan Cook will certainly appeal to those who are avid walkers. Thus the book is rather specific in its appeal. Walking the World is a slight exaggeration. Alan did not walk large parts of it. Russia, China, India, Australia, Africa and South America etc., are not yet trod by his feet. But he did walk extensively in USA, Europe and some parts of Asia etc.
The book is certainly readable, but is not always gripping. That may be because I am not obsessed with walking. I walk for the health benefits. But Alan has been walking for years and has accumulated a number of experiences in his long life. He shares it with the reader, very freely. He also acknowledges the excellent support received from his wife in all his walks through life and many countries.
Some good advice to walkers and would-be-walkers is presented in the book. A specific chapter addressed to that topic would have been better.
The poems that are interspersed in the book are good to read.
The book is rather unevenly edited. And has a few typos too.
All in all, the book will appeal to those who take their walking seriously.
Author: Alan Cook
Publisher: 1st Books Library
Category: Non-fiction / Travel
316 pages; ISBN: 1-4140-2040-6
Rating: 7/10
"Walking The World - Memories and Adventures" by Alan Cook will certainly appeal to those who are avid walkers. Thus the book is rather specific in its appeal. Walking the World is a slight exaggeration. Alan did not walk large parts of it. Russia, China, India, Australia, Africa and South America etc., are not yet trod by his feet. But he did walk extensively in USA, Europe and some parts of Asia etc.
The book is certainly readable, but is not always gripping. That may be because I am not obsessed with walking. I walk for the health benefits. But Alan has been walking for years and has accumulated a number of experiences in his long life. He shares it with the reader, very freely. He also acknowledges the excellent support received from his wife in all his walks through life and many countries.
Some good advice to walkers and would-be-walkers is presented in the book. A specific chapter addressed to that topic would have been better.
The poems that are interspersed in the book are good to read.
The book is rather unevenly edited. And has a few typos too.
All in all, the book will appeal to those who take their walking seriously.
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