The next report will follow as soon as Dick hikes another trail! AMC BOOKS AND MAPS PUBLISHED The new Maine Mountain
Guide and Southern New Hampshire Trail Guide (both with new five-color
contour maps like the new White Mountain Guides), Nature Walks in
Connecticut, and a new edition of Exploring in and around Boston on Bike
and Foot. The book staff have also produced two-sided Tyvek (waterproof,
tear-proof) maps for Franconia and the Presidential Ranges with safety
instructions and close-up maps for high-density trail areas. Check out
these (and samples of every AMC map) in the updated AMC Bookstore. Check this URL http://www.outdoors.org/Publications and if they ask who told you, say it was us at Dick Takes a Hike! Here's a few other publications by AMC, all available at Amazon.com: Amc River Guide Maine by Katherine Yates (Editor), Carey Phillips, Carey Philips (Editor)
Amc Field Guide to the New England Alpine Summits (Appalachian Mountain Club) by Nancy G. Slack, Allison W. Bell Amc River Guide : Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island by Appalachian Mountain Club, Steve Tuckerman (Editor) October's Amazon.com Outdoors and Sports book selections "The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro" by Joe McGinniss
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"Fenway: A Biography in Words and Pictures" by Dan Shaughnessy and Stan Grossfeld
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GB Order "Bird Watching: On Playing and Coaching the Game I Love" by Larry Bird
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