100,000 Footsteps on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail - Softcover

Ferrari, Pete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1456498002 ISBN 13: 9781456498009

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011

Synopsis

This story is partly an adventure story and partly a guidebook about the details of planning, and then backpacking the entire 70-mile Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail, while trying to fight off an impending depression caused by Parkinson's Disease.

About this title

About the Author:

     Pete Ferrari is a US Army veteran, having served with 1st Infantry Division in Iraq during Desert Storm in 1991. After his honorable discharge, he worked as an Electronic Technician for 14 years. In 2003 he was diagnosed with Young-Onset Parkinson's Disease at the age of 38.
     He wrote his first book "The Challenge of a Lifetime backpacking: backpacking with Parkinson's" based on his true experiences, first published paperback in Apr, 2010. He subsequently rewrote the first half of the book and released it under the title of: "100,000 Footstep on the Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail" in 2011.
     His 2nd paperback book is called book "Caught up in the Storm: The 101st Military Intelligence Battalion in Desert Storm."  Published in January of 2012, and is about his time in Iraq with the US Army.
     His third book "The School of Hard Knocks: US Army basic Training", is about US Army Basic Training at Fort Dix, NJ. 
     He also served as sound Engineer for the music CD "Stone Walls; Songs of the British Isles".

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1456498002
• ISBN 13: 9781456498009
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80