12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time : A Semi-Dysfunctional Family Circumnavigates the Globe

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Summary: Research your material
Review: I am half-way through 12,000 miles in the Nick of Time and have lost a lot of my drive to finish the book. I purchased this story because I had recently returned from Nepal, and while there visited several of the sites Mark Jacobson describes. I expected more of a description of the cultural sites and less family history. Perhaps this is of interest to some but it was uninteresting to me and has gone on ad nauseum. I believe Jacobson over sensationalizes or exaggerates the description of his surroundings. Granted sensations are in the mind of the beholder, but I think this book is for people that have not traveled extensively and are easily caught up in hyperbole.

Also as a resident of South Dakota and an employee of the Federal Government, I'd like to know where in the SD Badlands he and his family dug for fossils. This is against the law on USFS and NPS land. He also needs to review or research a little more the definitions of place names. For example Ghorapani, Nepal means "Horse Water" not "Cold Water".