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Must Read This Book
Nov 3rd, 2005 at 4:38pm
 
It's called the Last American Man, by Elizabeth Gilbert. It's about a man named Eustace Conway who left home at 17 to live in the Appalachian mountains and live off the land. I've only started reading it, but I am so amazed at this book, that I have already reccomended it to two friends.
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Foolish is he who frets at night,&&And lies awake to worry'&&A weary man when morning comes,&&He finds all as bad as before&&-Excerpted from "The Havemal"
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Reply #1 - Nov 3rd, 2005 at 6:18pm
 
Is that the one with the litlle boy and the hawk?
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Reply #2 - Nov 3rd, 2005 at 7:12pm
 
No, I think you're thinking about "My side of the mountain" by Jean Craighead george. This book so far is sheer awesomeness. He rode across the US on horseback, setting a speed record for doing so in, if I remember correctly, 103 days.  According to the author, he sometimes rode more than 50 miles/day. This book is nonfiction; it's a biography about the man.
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Foolish is he who frets at night,&&And lies awake to worry'&&A weary man when morning comes,&&He finds all as bad as before&&-Excerpted from "The Havemal"
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Reply #3 - Nov 3rd, 2005 at 7:15pm
 
Um.......anything about the sling in this book? Undecided
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Reply #4 - Nov 3rd, 2005 at 9:20pm
 
yea this might want to be moved to the other fourm.
anyway sounds cool Ill have to check amazon once I finish my current novel
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