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Epic Walks

Walking with a purpose. . . walking to find yourself. . . walking for the sheer joy of it. Here are some inspiring reads of long-distance walks.

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  • No Thanks, I Want to Walk

    Two Months on Foot Around New Brunswick and the Gaspé

    Smith, Emily Taylor,
    BookLawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada : Pottersfield Press, [2021] — 917.151 SMITH
  • Around the Province in 88 Days

    One Woman, Two Pairs of Sneakers and 3000 Kilometres of Nova Scotia Coastline

    Smith, Emily Taylor,
    BookLawrencetown Beach, Nova Scotia, Canada : Pottersfield Press, [2019] — 917.16 SMITH
  • Trespassing Across America

    One Man's Epic, Never-done-before (and Sort of Illegal) Hike Across the Heartland

    Ilgunas, Ken,
    BookNew York : Blue Rider Press, [2016] — 796.51097 ILGUN
  • Walking to Listen

    4,000 Miles Across America, One Story at a Time

    Forsthoefel, Andrew,
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury, 2017. — 796.510973 FORST
  • Walking Man

    the Secret Life of Colin Fletcher

    Wehrman, Robert (Robert D.)
    Book[Place of publication not identified] : [Bookbaby], [2016] — 796.51092 FLETC-W
  • Grandma Gatewood's Walk

    the Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

    Montgomery, Ben
    BookChicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, c2014. — 796.51092 GATEW-M
  • The Last Great Walk

    the True Story of a 1909 Walk From New York to San Francisco, and Why It Matters Today

    Curtis, Wayne
    BookEmmaus, Penn. : Rodale, c2014. — 796.51092 CURTI
  • Walking the Woods and the Water

    in Patrick Leigh Fermor's Footsteps, From the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn

    Hunt, Nick,
    BookLondon, UK ; Boston, MA : Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2014. — 914.04 HUNT
  • The Road Is How

    a Prairie Pilgrimage Through Nature, Desire and Soul

    Herriot, Trevor
    BookToronto : HarperCollins, c2014. — 917.1244 HERRI
  • Beyond Belfast

    a 560-mile Walk Across Northern Ireland on Sore Feet

    Ferguson, Will
    BookToronto : Viking Canada, c2009. — 914.16 F353
  • Adventures With Bruce

    a Thirty Day Hike Along Canada's Oldest and Longest Footpath

    Hainsworth, Steve
    BookSquamish, BC : AdventureProse Press, c2011. — 917.13 HAINS
  • Wild

    From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

    Strayed, Cheryl, 1968-
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2022. — 921 STRAY
  • Book[Toronto], Canada : Anchor Canada, 2002. — 796.510974 BRYSO
  • BookWashington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2008. — 363.70092 F818f2
  • A Time of Gifts

    on Foot to Constantinople : From the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube

    Fermor, Patrick Leigh
    BookNew York : New York Review Books, [2005] — 914 FERMO