When I titled the book , Three Hundred Zeroes, I was worried people would think it was my high school test scores and not a book about hiking. Apparently, that is not the case. I’ve been getting tons of mail lately from readers and am a bit overwhelmed at the response. I’m also having trouble keeping up with answering the mails, so if you’ve written, my apologies. Here are two from today. The first was posted on the Whiteblaze.com web site and the second came from a doctor working at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Bradenton, FL via US Post Office. It is comforting to know that my veteran peers are reading it as well:

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K1,

I saw this post last week, followed your link to Amazon and ordered the book.

I read it this weekend and really enjoyed it. You are a funny
some-beach! Once started, I hated to put the book down. My wife came
in the room several times, to ask what was so funny.

Congratulations on your perseverance, the successful completion of your hike, as well as the release of your book.

Three Hundred Zeroes cost far less than $49.95, so I didn’t have high expectations. It turned-out to be the most entertaining AT book I’ve read in a long time. Well done!
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Roland

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Dear Mr. Blanchard,                                                                              December 1, 2010

I read your book Three Hundred Zeroes and enjoyed it very much. I’m passing it around at the Bradenton, VA Center where I currently work. I also bought a copy for my son, a section hiker.

Sincerely
C*******e