AMC Reviews

This is a excellent book. Bought after recently buying a kayak. New to kayaking. The book made me want to go to the local lake right then and there. Very descriptive of ponds and lakes with maps. Wish it had a few more entrys. Although I do agree with the authors selection process.

This is an excellent resource for beginner winter campers. I have read through all of the winter and snow camping books and literature available and find this one to be the most complete. Gorman mentions a lot of the details that many other authors leave out. You may notice as I did however, that the cover scene is used about five times throughout the book. A good book, worth it's price.

This is really a great guide that just about covers every relevant detail on winter camping. Its been my springboard to extensive winter outdoor activity. In here you'll find all the basics: Gorman discusses everything from gear for travel like skis, to camping technique, to clothing, safety, etc. He presents modern techniques & tips but he also mentions traditional info. as applicable.

Specific to this edition of the book are a handful of new pictures but most of the material is almost the same as the earlier edition, which is to say great. Thus if you can't get a hold of this edition not to worry as the previous edition is as good.

Now in an updated and expanded second edition, Stephen Gorman's Winter Camping continues to be a superb introductory "how to" guide for enjoying the special allure of winter camping. This comprehensive manual covers gear selection from tends and clothing to stoves and sleds; travel tips for skiing, hiking, and snowshoeing (including naviagion and ice travel); winter safety including weath and health, injury prevention, hypothermia, and winter rescue; and making camp including site selection, tents, snow caves, and snow houses. Of special value is the information on backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. Exceptionally well laid out and organized, Winter Camping is an absolute "must" for novice campers, and has a great deal of value for even experienced winter campers.

This is quite possibly the best smelling book about movies with which I have ever had the pleasure of spending an afternoon. Tons of great info, too.

I'm in love with this book! It has incredibly concise and to-the-point reviews of all kinds of classic films. Sometimes I just like to rifle through it and pick a page to read. I'm sure I'll be using this book 20 years from now. It's a real find!

This is a fairly comprehensive listing of NJ flatwater sites, with some great smaller lakes included and few places ommitted. Most descriptions of the listings are somewhat short however, and the b&w photographs for each do not give any of the sites justice.

The guidebook is great in providing paddlers with all they need to get to each site and see for themselves the beauty that NJ offers to those who kayak and canoe.

The authors of this book must be paddlers because they have included information paddlers really need, (access points, boat traffic, changing conditions, etc...).

I want to explore these waters this summer and feel that this guide is extensive enough for me to know what to do, how to pack and what to watch for when I go.

This resource guide makes trips to these lakes easier for paddlers ,like me, that do not live in the immediate area of these waters.
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This book was needed years ago. Now we have it. It is chock full of good stuff about AMC's cars, which were the also-rans of the American automotive industry. However, AMC did mighty well, thank you, and the cars in the book reflect that. The biggest gripe about the book are the photographs. Many are rather poor in quality- it almost seems the author took them himself instead of relying on a professional. Still, I think this is a book that will complement any collection.

This book was needed years ago. Now we have it. It is chock full of good stuff about AMC's cars, which were the also-rans of the American automotive industry. However, AMC did mighty well, thank you, and the cars in the book reflect that. The biggest gripe about the book are the photographs. Many are rather poor in quality- it almost seems the author took them himself instead of relying on a professional. Still, I think this is a book that will complement any collection.

I am a new AMC convert and I love this book! I have a hard time keeping my hands off of it. I learned a lot by reading it and I liked all of the great pictures too. My only grip is that I wished it would have covered the larger AMCs a bit more. A V.I.N. decoder and total production numbers would certainly be a big plus. Overall, a definate must read for any AMC freak!

Well, I think it's the only book ever written about the AMC's high huts in the White Mountains. And it is quite informative and useful if you plan to do a lot of hut hikes. The maps and short hike info definitely enhanced my hut trip.

But I would rather see something a little less blandly "official" and a little more "behind the scenes." I'd have appreciated more anecdotes about what goes on during those long summer days when the hut crews have spare time. I know that the crews famously play pranks on each other. And surely the advent of "co-ed" crews has resulted in some, eh, hanky panky? If there are such interesting stories, they are not in this book.

My dad and I love to go to AMC huts and this book is my bible. I read it all the time, and bring i t with me when going to huts. Just be warned, if you are hiking on the gulfside trail from Madison Springs Hut to Lakes of the Clouds hut, the book says 4.5 hours. WRONG. The correct time is 9.5 hours.

While the info is somewhat dated (1981) and it's very eastern footpath focused, it is a good book with lots of tool and equipment sources and bibliography. Lots of illustrations, some photos. Looks like a 3rd edition is coming out in 1998.

This book is a very usefull and complete description on how to repair these cars. I would highly recomend it to other people.

I purchased this book as a guide book for kayaking lakes that I may have not known about. I found the book lacking on listing ALL the possible lakes not just some the author knew. I was looking for a lake guide book that list every lake, pond, maybe river not just a few. I had the older book and that listed even less. This also concentrates on the wildlife and plant life rather than describing the actual lake. This could be a really good guide book if it were done better...........

Excellent book, I recommend this to anyone. I use this book for canoe trip planning with my family. Detailed information is given here. As usual it is another fine book by AMC.

This is a good buy if you just want a map that tells you how to get from point A to Point B. However, this map is not as detailed as most maps that you could find in the market. If you are intending to travel a lot, give this map a miss.