Adventures of Buffalo and Tough Cookie

 2013. By Dan Szczesny. A wonderful Granite State hiking memoir that follows the author and his young hiking companion on a year-long tour of the "52 With a View" mountain list. This is a hiking story unlike any other as the author takes on the task of turning a determined, urban elementary school child into an experienced back-woods hiker, and in the process finds that sometimes the most important lessons are the one's that his young hiking friend teaches him. An unforgettable journey and a meditation on the transformative power of friendship. commitment and the meaning of family. Softcover. 214 pages.