Mountains, Madness, & Miracles: 4,000 Miles Along the Appalachian Trail - Softcover

Lauralee Bliss

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939023106 ISBN 13: 9781939023100

Publisher: WhiteFire Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

In this look into a lifelong dream of adventure, Lauralee Bliss or Blissful (her trail name) reflects on the 4,000 mile journey she undertook with her teen son, hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine, and then again from Maine to Georgia as a solo hiker. Through the retelling of events from the hikes, Blissful compares the adventure to lifes journey, encountering the miraculous through the numerous challenges she faced and through it, a new understanding of the Creator and His creation.

About this title

About the Author:

Lauralee Bliss (Blissful) is an avid adventurer, having hiked the entire Appalachian Trail twice from Georgia to Maine and from Maine to Georgia, one of only 25 women to accomplish this feat. Lauralee is also a published author of over twenty romance novels and novellas in both historical and contemporary with nearly 600,000 sold. Besides hiking and writing a good book, she enjoys travelingvisiting 49 out of 50 states and photographing the scenic beauty of the US. She makes her home in Virginia in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Review:

In Mountains, Madness, and Miracles the reader will be taken on an emotional roller coaster that is the Appalachian Trail. Just as in life there are peaks and valleys awaiting your journey. Whether you are an armchair reader or planning a hike of the 2,176 mile trail, this book explains in vivid details what it takes to accomplish such a life changing adventure. The pain, the emotions, and the spiritual applications will keep you turning pages. Just when you think the author can't take any more discomfort she turns around and hikes it again in the opposite direction. --Paul Stutzman, author of HIKING THROUGH

I cannot even imagine anyone else who had so many obstacles to encounter than Lauralee and she did it like a champ. You must read this great and inspiring book; it will literally change your life! --Bill Irwin, author of BLIND COURAGE

Bliss shows us that miracles abound in the wilderness. And she demonstrates that following your own path is not as crazy as it may seem. Mountains, Madness, and Miracles proves that every journey is filled with providence and grace if we know where to look for it. --Jennifer Pharr Davis, Author (Becoming Odyssa and Called Again), speaker, and world-record hiker

About this edition

• Publisher: WhiteFire Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1939023106
• ISBN 13: 9781939023100
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200