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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very informative hiking book,
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This review is from: Falling Waters of Ohio: 109 Hikeable Waterfalls in Ohio (Paperback)
Great hiking book, tells when the falls are running, if there is a bathroom!, what time of year to go see the falls, how far to hike to the falls and how tall they are! Beautiful pictures though I wish they were in color. The maps look precise and led me right to the falls. The book was laid out in a unique order which seems to tell you first about the history of the place and then information about the falls itself. Then she lists the hiking trail and directions. She shows really neat private waterfalls that I wish i could go see also. All in all a great book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ohio Waterfalls,
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This review is from: Falling Waters of Ohio: 109 Hikeable Waterfalls in Ohio (Paperback)
Ohio doesn't get the respect it deserves.
Ohio is a state of deep woods, flower-spangled prairies, intimate and mysterious gorges, vibrant neighborhoods, delightful restaurants, and sophisticated music, but you'd never know that from driving through on the turnpike. When my job took me to Ohio twenty years ago, I cursed my fortune and wished that I'd gone instead to Colorado, but I've discovered the delights of this state, and now I delight in showing them off to others. Often times I surprise even the natives of this state when I show one of them a sublime gorge or a prancing waterfall, only a few miles from his birthplace, that he was ignorant of for fifty years. This book is a step in the right direction. Ms. Karle has done a lot of research and uncovered most (not all) of the falls I've located over the past twenty years. (She even located Forty-foot Falls, which took me several years to find!) She's located many unappreciated gems like All Saints Falls (the first one in the book). The photos in her book are serviceable although not spectacular. Go for yourself to see how beautiful these waterfalls really are. Unfortunately, her directions are often hopelessly vague. For example, her directions to All Saints Falls says to "walk over the small road bridge," whereas in fact you should NOT cross the road. On page 17 we read "Directions: Take SR 252 and bear left. Turn right onto Water Street then another right into David Fortier Park." No starting point is listed, so it's impossible to know whether "bear left" means to go north, south, east, or west! She also gets carried away in her forward, where she blindly repeats long-discredited creationist propaganda. She claims that "To determine the age of the fossil [scientists] look at the layer of the rock it is in. To then determine the age of the rock layer, they look for what fossils are found in the layer. This is called Circular Reasoning [sic]." This would indeed be circular reasoning, but it's not the reasoning scientists use to date rocks. (This is creationist claim CC310 in Mark Isaak's "Index to [and refutation of] Creationist Claims.") She also claims that "The Grand Canyon is a perfect example of how it was formed within an hour and not millions of years ago." (This is Isaak's claim CH581.) In conclusion, this book is not great but the alternative (namely nothing) is worse. Ohio deserves better.
6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Carol WillhideinJesus Professional Photographer/Field Reporter,
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This review is from: Falling Waters of Ohio: 109 Hikeable Waterfalls in Ohio (Paperback)
WEll I have found this young womens book to be enchanting. I have almost every waterfall book ever published and have traveled this world over to many times. I have seen that each writer has their own unique style of writing and this author is no different. To stand here and condemn her book would be sad as some has done. Must not be very good photographers. I've seen her book in COLOR and it is absolutely beautiful. Her use of centering and position and use of lighting are quite well done. It is difficult to tell in a black and white book. This book was well written and I can see alot of research went into this book as I'm originally from Ohio and never knew so many falls existed in this state. This is a hiking book people not a fancy coffee table book were the pictures have to be beautiful. This is a unique hiking book as this author tells you the seasons to see the falls at their best,the height of the falls, the distance to the falls(for us older people who don't wish to walk as far), and if I wish to go on a harder hike or not,and best of all if there is a restroom available or not!!!! Some hiking books don't even do that! She gives you the wonderful maps of the surrounding area of the falls, NOT A STREET map as some hateful people mention. I understand that 1st books is a vanity publisher. She endeavored to publish this herself and vanity publishers don't print on the best paper or print as clear as say the falcon guide books do. Use this book for YOUR love to see a waterfall and a good hike. Do not judge this book on all its merits. I have used this book and not once got lost in her directions. Her use of scripture tells me she had no research for the falls at hand and thought to put something clean to ponder as you walk to that particular falls. If you don't like the "bible" and what it stands for, ignore that part of the writing then an enjoy the book for WHAT IT WAS WRITTEN for. A HIKING BOOK OF waterfalls. At least this is different than any of the other hiking waterfall books in my collection. Simple, well written and right to the point. At least she has put a picture with almost every waterfall. Some hiking waterfall books there aren't pictures for. Just a bunch of words. I give this author an A+ for her effort in giving the world a book of hikes to a surprising number of waterfalls whether big or tiny in this state of Ohio.
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