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The Thousand-Mile Summer: In Desert and High Sierra
Colin Fletcher
Fletcher's first long walk — from the Mexican border to Mount Whitney, through the desert and up into the Sierra. The book that proved a man could walk a thousand miles and write about it without boring you.
desert
Hiking & Walking
Mountains & Climbing
Memoir
California
Publisher
Howell-North Books
Published
1964
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