Download or read book Terror On The Appalachian Trail written by Hank Ingenito and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-05-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three longtime friends and their wives go on vacation together in the Smokey Mountains. During the vacation, the guys had pre-planned to take a two day hiking trip by themselves on one of the more remote section of The Appalachian Trail. That hike turned out to be the adventure of their lives. It ultimately tested not only their friendship and their wilderness skills but their will to survive. They found themselves being stalked by a killer bear that has been driven mad by rabies. In their efforts to get away from the bear, the unthinkable happens and they loose the trail. During their second encounter with the bear they wind up getting separated from each other. This forces one of them to deal with the terror of two seperate bear attacks while all alone in the middle of the night. In all, either individually or as a group, they experience seven terrifying bear encounters. It ultimately turns into a story of courage, teamwork and overcoming one’s fears. It is a testament to their ingenuity and absolute refusal to be intimidated in the face of terror.
Download or read book Terror on the Trail A Hike Gone Wrong written by Rob A. Ward and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thousands of hiker's traverse the Appalachian Trail. For most, it's an enjoyable experience. A chance to reconnect with nature, meet interesting people and get a great workout. For some, it can be a nightmare. Multiple women have been raped, ravaged and terrorized, along a 40 miles stretch, in the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee. Authorities are stumped. Unable to find the perpetrator, he strikes again. Eric Lance has a sickness. His heart desires power and control. His perverse appetites know no bounds. Can Rob Stone stop him from wrecking another life along the Appalachian Trail? He's out of shape, has a bum knee, and hiking farther than ever before. His faithful canine companion, Terrance, will have to help him out during a critical time. Finding the perpetrator, and stopping him, could cost both of them dearly. This harrowing thriller is a battle of good versus evil.
Download or read book Terror on the Appalachian Trail written by Ken Paul Mink and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-01-04 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of two groups of people who want to spend a few weeks of their vacation hiking along the picturesque Appalachian Trail, which runs about 2.200 miles from Maine to Georgia. But these vacation hikers don't realize they are going to run across the path of a pair of crazed mountaineer serial killers, who have a warped sense about how hikers are believed to be spoiling their Appalachian Mountains lifestyle. The two groups of hikers find their lives intertwined as they try to survive the cruel, murderous pair of backwoods killers. The hikers have to resort to wily way and courageous acts in their battle to survive.
Download or read book A Walk in the Woods written by Bill Bryson and published by Anchor Canada. This book was released on 2012-05-15 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God only knows what possessed Bill Bryson, a reluctant adventurer if ever there was one, to undertake a gruelling hike along the world's longest continuous footpath—The Appalachian Trail. The 2,000-plus-mile trail winds through 14 states, stretching along the east coast of the United States, from Georgia to Maine. It snakes through some of the wildest and most spectacular landscapes in North America, as well as through some of its most poverty-stricken and primitive backwoods areas. With his offbeat sensibility, his eye for the absurd, and his laugh-out-loud sense of humour, Bryson recounts his confrontations with nature at its most uncompromising over his five-month journey. An instant classic, riotously funny, A Walk in the Woods will add a whole new audience to the legions of Bill Bryson fans.
Download or read book The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon written by Stephen King and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-04-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A frightening suspense novel about nine-year-old Trisha, who becomes lost in the woods as night falls.
Download or read book Hiker Midnight written by Chris Miller and published by . This book was released on 2013-04-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hiker will never feel safe again after the sun sets on the Appalachian Trail. Hiker Midnight is a collection of 13 fictional stories of horror taking place on the Appalachian Trail. With long distance hikers and trail fans in mind this series of dark fiction is perfect bedtime reading while you're snuggled up in your sleeping bag, inside your tent or in a shelter. As darkness settles in you better hope the campfire has enough wood for the night, because sleeping anywhere on the trail will no longer feel as safe. Experience the chills and terror of the trail today, Read Hiker Midnight.
Download or read book This Wild Land written by Andrew Vietze and published by Appalachian Mountain Club. This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A memoir from a long-time ranger at Baxter State Park in Maine"--
Download or read book Tales Told in the Shadows of the White Mountains written by Charles J. Jordan and published by UPNE. This book was released on 2003 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spine-tingling collection of real and surreal tales of northern New Hampshire
Download or read book Trail of Terror written by Eleanor Clarke Yukic and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Breakheart Pass written by Alistair MacLean and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2010-08-19 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A magnificent tale of heart-stopping suspense from the highly acclaimed master of the genre.
Download or read book The Hiker written by Seth Scofield and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-30 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A murderous specter is stalking the wooded trails nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Northeast Georgia. His deranged, cunning, and ingenious stealth are the reasons why numerous trekkers have vanished into thin air while hiking the famed Appalachian Trail. The series of unexplained disappearances baffle law enforcement officials for years, until a sudden rash of grisly homicides bearing eerily similar characteristics occur within days of each other. Suddenly, a quiet mountain community is transformed into a panic-stricken nerve center teeming with news reporters and terrified citizens demanding action from the local Sheriff. Completely unaware of the terror in the mountains are life-long friends Atcher McEwen and Ben Warner, who are on a two-week hiking trip to escape the tension and stress of corporate life in Atlanta. Scheduled to rendezvous at an overnight trail shelter with Ben's fiancé, a renowned outdoor photographer who is on assignment and hiking alone on the trail, the two men begin to panic when she fails to arrive as planned. Suddenly, a much needed vacation turns into a frantic hunt for the missing woman. After several exhausting days of searching, Atcher and Ben take refuge in a trail shelter where they quickly fall into a deep sleep. In the early morning hours of the dark night, a silent figure quietly enters the shelter and the unthinkable occurs. Atcher McEwen suddenly finds himself alone, badly injured and frantically running for his life. After being rescued and briefly hospitalized, he learns the terrifying truth that a serial killer is on the loose high in the mountains. Angered by the tragic events that have altered his life forever, Atcher makes a fateful decision to return to the Appalachian Trail to hunt down the deranged murderer. In a stunning conclusion that literally brings Atcher and the woman he loves face-to-face with the killer in a grueling test of physical strength and human resolve, the absolute unthinkable occurs again. Based on actual events, THE HIKER is a suspense thriller that takes the reader on a winding trail of terror, dread and intrigue.
Download or read book Off Grid and Free written by Ron Melchiore and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Off Grid and Free: My Path to the Wilderness is the story of the journey Ron Melchiore undertook as a young man from the city, first to homesteading in northern Maine and then to living in the bush of northern Saskatchewan. He has lived off grid since approximately 1980 and speaks candidly about the joys and the tribulations of his chosen lifestyle. In this adventure, Ron shares the diversity of his experiences in an easy-to-read, humorous, and sometimes harrowing narrative. The book includes his hiking of the 2,100 mile Appalachian Trail in winter, bicycling across the United States, homesteading off grid, the terror of being surrounded by a wildfire, surprise encounters with bears, and more. For readers with an outdoors spirit, people with an off grid and self-sufficiency bent, and dreamers who like to read about adventure, Ron hopes to inspire others to "take the road less traveled."
Download or read book Black Heart on the Appalachian Trail written by T.J. Forrester and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With echoes of Flannery O’Connor, Faulkner, and Raymond Carver” (A.M. Homes), this singular psychological tale of murder unfolds against the backdrop of one of America’s most breathtaking landscapes. In the vast wilderness of the Appalachian Trail, three hikers are searching for answers. Taz Chavis, just released from prison, sees the thru-hike as his path to salvation and a way to distance himself from a toxic relationship. Simone Decker, a young scientist with a dark secret, is desperate to quell her demons. Richard Nelson, a Blackfoot Indian, seeks a final adventure before taking over the family business back home. As they battle hunger, thirst, and loneliness, and traverse the rugged terrain, their paths begin to intersect, and it soon becomes clear that surviving the elements may be the least of their concerns. Hikers are dying along the trail, their broken bodies splayed on the rocks below. Are these falls accidental, the result of carelessness, or is something more sinister at work?
Download or read book Appalachian Trail Myths written by Tim Hewitt and published by myOstrich Press. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trail of Deceit written by John House and published by Limitless Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-23 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was once a simple adventure is now a test of survival... Four college students set out to spend a holiday weekend hiking a section of the Appalachian Trail. Unfortunately, a fun filled trek turns to terror when a stranger brutally attacks them. Trying to escape the grips of death, the group is forced to veer from the main trail. Relationships are tested, lives are on the line, and one of their own is dead. However, even in the mix of all this chaos, an unexpected love manages to bloom. Nothing is as it seems and all is worse than could ever be imagined.
Download or read book The Trail written by Ray Anderson and published by Awol Thriller. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After committing the most recent in a series of murders, Paul Leroux goes on the lam the last place the police would look for an out-of-shape chain-smoker. Haunted by his past, Desert Storm veteran Karl Bergman leaves his wife and home behind and sets out on the Appalachian Trail in search of something missing in his life. He never dreams that his quest will force him to confront a serial killer"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book Walking Home written by Kelly Winters and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part outdoor adventure, part memoir, this is an emotional and spiritual account of six months spent by the author on the Appalachian Trail which stretches from Georgia to Maine and covers some 2,000 miles of excptionally wild country. Overcoming exhaustion, hunger, injuries and loneliness, Winters captures the sense of majestic isolation, moments of staggering beauty and startling terror, and the conflicting senses of exhilaration and futility that exist in outdoor adventure. Truthful, often funny, this is an exciting account of an exceptional journey.
