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Summary: They say don't judge a book buy its cover.. spelling count?
Review: I didn't get past the title, they spelled SMOKY wrong. Smokey is a name, like Smokey the bear. Smoky is a place... as in the Great Smoky Mountains. How comprehensive can it be if they didn't get the name right?
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Summary: Complements the little brown book
Review: Plenty of information on pretty much all the trails in the park (including some that aren't officially maintained, and some informal routes to trailless peaks). Not as useful as the "standard" guidebook (which is just called "Hiking Trails of the Smokies"), partly because it's too bulky to take along on the trail and doesn't have elevation profiles. Lots of good historical material though: good for reading at home before and after your hike.
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Summary: Complements the little brown book
Review: Plenty of information on pretty much all the trails in the park (including some that aren't officially maintained, and some informal routes to trailless peaks). Not as useful as the "standard" guidebook (which is just called "Hiking Trails of the Smokies"), partly because it's too bulky to take along on the trail and doesn't have elevation profiles. Lots of good historical material though: good for reading at home before and after your hike.
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Summary: Complements the little brown book
Review: Plenty of information on pretty much all the trails in the park (including some that aren't officially maintained, and some informal routes to trailless peaks). Not as useful as the "standard" guidebook (which is just called "Hiking Trails of the Smokies"), partly because it's too bulky to take along on the trail and doesn't have elevation profiles. Lots of good historical material though: good for reading at home before and after your hike.
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Summary: An excellent effort on the part of Mr Wise.
Review: The best book of it's kind I've seen yet. Not only an excellent guide to hiking the Smoky's, but also full of interesting tales and tid-bits about the history of the area. Highly recommended.And no, the author did not misspell Smoky Mountains.
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Summary: everything you could possibly want to know about the smokies
Review: This book has everything you could possibly want to know about hiking and backpacking the smokies. the only downfall is that there's almost too much information.
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Summary: A little overblown
Review: Yes a very complete guide, but a little over the top. reads like "the Hobbit" in places. More of mediocre prose than a hiking guide. With so many Smokies guides out there guess you have to be different. Quite short on facts on off trail routes...this is a shortcoming.
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Summary: A little overblown
Review: Yes a very complete guide, but a little over the top. reads like "the Hobbit" in places. More of mediocre prose than a hiking guide. With so many Smokies guides out there guess you have to be different. Quite short on facts on off trail routes...this is a shortcoming.
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Summary: A little overblown
Review: Yes a very complete guide, but a little over the top. reads like "the Hobbit" in places. More of mediocre prose than a hiking guide. With so many Smokies guides out there guess you have to be different. Quite short on facts on off trail routes...this is a shortcoming.
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