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I guess by using the term 'nuts and bolts', I failed to make my point. No, I wasn't looking for a 'how to hike' kind of book, at all. If you've read any of William Least Heat Moon's adventures or Jon Krakauer's accounts, you know what I was looking for: Good writing about an adventure, with both detail and perspective. I found The Man Who Walked Through Time lacking in all of the above. He might as well have been strolling through Hyde Park.


William Least Heat Moon wrote, initially, from his life troubles and resulting adventures. His adventures involved other people. He wrote about these other people, giving interest to those who find other people interesting.

Finally, however, you have made your point clear with a little detail and perspective.

Not all readers place a high requirement on other people, and IIRC there were lots of minute details and perspectives in the Fletcher work, but perhaps not of the type which interest you.

I never treated the "Walk Through Time" as an "adventure" in the classic sense.