Trial By Trail: Backpacking In Smokey Mountains [Paperback]

Johnny Molloy (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 1996

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press; 1st edition (March 15, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870499130
• ISBN-13: 978-0870499135
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,007,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars BEST BOOK ON THE NATURE OF CAMPING I'VE EVER READ, August 11, 1999

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This review is from: Trial By Trail: Backpacking In Smokey Mountains (Paperback)

Anyone who buys this book expecting a guide to the Great Smoky Mountains will be dissapointed. However, if you want to read a great collection of stories, stories that make you feel as if your on the trail, this is the book for you. Johnny Molloy probably knows as much about the how-to part of camping as anyone, spending over a hundred nights a year in the backcountry. But again, this book isn't a how to guide. This book is about his experiences in the Smokies. And it's more than just a diary. It makes you feel as if your are on the trail with him. Anyone who loves to camp, for more than just purposes of taking a vacation, will enjoy this book.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here's what it's really like in the backcountry, March 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Trial By Trail: Backpacking In Smokey Mountains (Paperback)

Johnny Molloy's Trial by Trail tells you what it's really like in the backcountry of the Smokies. If you're green, read Trial by Trail and find out what and what not to do. If you're experienced, read these exciting, fast-reading real life stories and remember when you were just as cold, lost, exhilarated or serene. This ain't no preachy guidebook, its a grainy portrait of life on the trail. After reading the first story, you'll be itching to pack up and hit the trail. Johnny Molloy knows what he's talking about, so read, learn, then go for it!

8 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not a trail guidebook--title is misleading., March 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Trial By Trail: Backpacking In Smokey Mountains (Paperback)

I ordered this book under the misconception that it was a guide to trails in the park. The title, I feel, is misleading. This book is actually a collection of essays about the author's experiences hiking the park.