Day One; and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993; Suzanne Roberts had just finished college; and when her friend suggested they hike California’s John Muir Trail; the adventure sounded like the perfect distraction from a difficult home life and thoughts about the future. But she never imagined that the twenty-eight-day hike would change her life. Part memoir; part nature writing; part travelogue; Almost Somewhere is Roberts’s account of that hike.John Muir had written of the Sierra Nevada as a “vast range of light;†and this was exactly what Roberts was looking for. But traveling with two girlfriends; one experienced and unflappable and the other inexperienced and bulimic; she quickly discovered that she needed a new frame of reference. Her story of a month in the backcountry—confronting bears; snowy passes; broken equipment; injuries; and strange men—is as much about finding a woman’s way into outdoor experience as it is about the natural world she so eloquently describes. Candid and funny and; finally; wise; Almost Somewhere is not just the whimsical coming-of-age story of a young woman ill-prepared for a month in the mountains but also the reflection of a distinctly feminine view of nature. Watch a book trailer.
#425829 in Books Rick Kennedy 2015-07-06Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.97 x .21 x 5.85l; .0 #File Name: 0802872115176 pagesThe First American Evangelical A Short Life of Cotton Mather Library of Religious Biography LRB
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. This book changes the perception of Cotton Mather's involvement in ...By John CalhounThis book changes the perception of Cotton Mather's involvement in the Salem Witch Trials completely. Urban Legend has him as an antagonist in this issue when in fact that is not true.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. I enjoyed reading this bookBy Jammie MeltonVery informational. I enjoyed reading this book.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Cotton Mather was a great and typical Puritan pastorBy Rev. Luther C. PierceCotton Mather was a great and typical Puritan pastor; scholar and leader. His understanding of Christianity was standard for his time; as well as his opposition to the early stirrings of a more liberal interpretation of faith. Kennedy uses all of this as proof text for his Evangelical theology. In contrastmy liberal theology; which has developed out of the struggles of early Puritans. appreciates Mather's life and work without having to claim any exclusivity for his work. I am an New Englander of the Congregational tradition - which gives me some rights to Mather as well/
