17 Top biography books like The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett

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The Last Englishman

By: Keith Foskett

4.23

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for ASIN B007EDIAY4 For previous cover edition see here A real-life …

"I have a recurring dream in which I am 85 years old, sitting in my living room, swaying back and forth in a rocking chair, studying the newspaper. I pause, look up and think of all the adventures I could have experienced and say to myself, 'Shit, I should have done that.' That is a scene I am determined will not happen in real life."

-Keith Foskett, The Last Englishman

"I have a recurring dream in which I am 85 years old, sitting in my living room, swaying back and forth in a rocking chair, studying the newspaper. I pause, look up and think of all the adventures I could have experienced and say to myself, 'Shit, I should have done that.' That is a scene I am determined will not happen in real life."

-Keith Foskett, The Last Englishman

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Cover of One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey by None, None, Sam Keith, Richard L. Proenneke

1. One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

By: None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

To live in a pristine land unchanged by man...to roam a wilderness through which few other humans h… read more

Similar categories in None's One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"This country makes a man younger than his birthdays."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been."

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

"I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big crosscut saw and the axe, and while I'm getting my heat supply I'm working up an appetite that makes…"

-None, One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

Cover of The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand by Anna McNuff

2. The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand

By: Anna McNuff

3.69

Format: 216 pages,

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Similar categories in Anna McNuff's The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods by Cary J. Griffith

3. Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods

By: Cary J. Griffith

3.79

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

In the wilderness, one false step can make the difference between a delightful respite and a brush … read more

Similar categories in Cary J. Griffith's Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North Woods book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail by Suzanne Roberts

4. Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail

By: Suzanne Roberts

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

Day One, and already she was lying in her journal. It was 1993, Suzanne Roberts had just finished c… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Roberts's Almost Somewhere: Twenty-Eight Days on the John Muir Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of Dear Bob and Sue by Matt   Smith, Karen     Smith

5. Dear Bob and Sue

By: Matt Smith , Karen Smith

3.93

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

This complete version of Dear Bob and Sue chronicles the journey of Matt and Karen Smith, who took … read more

Similar categories in Matt Smith's Dear Bob and Sue book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook

6. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

By: David Miller

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A 41-year-old engineer quits his job to hike the Appalachian Trail. This is a true account of his h… read more

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Cover of The Great Alone: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail by Tim Voors

7. The Great Alone: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Tim Voors

4.04

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Waarom verlaat een vader zijn gezin om zes maanden lang alleen 4.286 kilometer dwars door Noord-Ame… read more

Similar categories in Tim Voors's The Great Alone: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West by Marty Ohlhaut

8. Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

By: Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

Riveting true story about the power of family and the majesty of the wilderness Marty Ohlhaut lo… read more

Similar categories in Marty Ohlhaut's Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
"Had I known just how memorable our trip was about to be, we never would have left the house."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

"It was that melancholy time of afternoon, when spirits seem suspended between the day’s activities and the night’s reminiscence."

-Marty Ohlhaut, Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Cover of Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life by Ryan Benz

9. Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

By: Ryan Benz

4.51

Format: 200 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER 2023 ROYAL DRAGONFLY BOOK AWARD WINNER B.R… read more

Similar categories in Ryan Benz's Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
  • nature
"Stepping out of your comfort zone is far greater than the comfort itself."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"It’s only when we slow down that we notice all the beauty surrounding us."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"If the thing you are doing is giving you meaning and purpose, time spent doing it is never wasted."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

"I realized that was how problems worked. When you quit worrying about them, they ceased being problems."

-Ryan Benz, Wander: A Memoir of Letting go and Walking 2,000 Miles to a Meaningful Life

Cover of Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail by Rick       Rogers

10. Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Rick Rogers

4.31

Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition

-A Heartwarming Adventure! - 2022 Best Book Award Winner in Travel Guides & Essays! Can a comicall… read more

Similar categories in Rick Rogers's Walking Home: Common Sense and Other Misadventures On the Pacific Crest Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
Cover of The Trail by Ethan Gallogly

11. The Trail

By: Ethan Gallogly

4.31

Format: None pages, ebook

A Transformative Journey on the John Muir Trail A NEXT GEN INDIE BOOK AWARD FINALIST Set auth… read more

Similar categories in Ethan Gallogly's The Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • adventure
  • travel
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness by Christian Lewis

12. Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness

By: Christian Lewis

4.40

Format: 329 pages, Kindle Edition

Join Christian Lewis as he walks the entire coastline of the UK – his dog Jet in tow – and rebuilds… read more

Similar categories in Christian Lewis's Finding Hildasay: How One Man Walked the UK's Coastline and Found Hope and Happiness book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
Cover of Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail by Heather Anish Anderson

13. Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.10

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail i… read more

Similar categories in Heather Anish Anderson's Mud, Rocks, Blazes: Letting Go on the Appalachian Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Llama Drama: A two-woman, 5,500-mile cycling adventure through South America (Anna's Adventures Book 3) by Anna McNuff

14. Llama Drama: A two-woman, 5,500-mile cycling adventure through South America (Anna's Adventures Book 3)

By: Anna McNuff

4.46

Format: 574 pages, Kindle Edition

Why take the shortest, most direct route through life, when you could choose the wiggliest, most mo… read more

Similar categories in Anna McNuff's Llama Drama: A two-woman, 5,500-mile cycling adventure through South America (Anna's Adventures Book 3) book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail by Joan M. Griffin

15. Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

By: Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Format: 395 pages, Kindle Edition

"Lace up your hiking boots! Let Griffin guide you over granite mountains, through thunderstorms, an… read more

Similar categories in Joan M. Griffin's Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
Cover of A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

16. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

By: Kevin Fedarko

4.36

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving account ever of walking the Grand Canyon, a highly dangerous, life-changing 750-mil… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Fedarko's A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"You were made and set here to give voice to this, your own astonishment. -Annie Dillard"

-Kevin Fedarko, A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

Cover of Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home by Heather Anish Anderson

17. Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

By: Heather Anish Anderson

4.05

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

By age 25, Heather Anderson had hiked what is known as the "Triple Crown" of backpacking: the Appal… read more

Similar categories in Heather Anish Anderson's Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"At least now I knew that my heart was wedded to the mountains--to the wild places. It was there, and there alone, that I was whole, contented, and blissful. No relationship, career, or wealth could e…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I refuse to let this suffering be for nothing. In fact, I refuse to suffer." I whispered to myself as I pushed each tent stake into the ground. "I can adapt. I am adapting." Another long day was done…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I want to set a record. Not just any record, but an athletic record. One that everyone will know me for. One that my dad will be proud of. I don't know what it will be, but I will do it. I have a lot…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

"I'd failed to live up to the expectations of my parents. I had not utilized my education in any real way and I'd given up on my marriage. For the first time, I accepted that I could not meet the expe…"

-Heather Anish Anderson, Thirst: 2600 Miles to Home

Cover of Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart by Leslie White

18. Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart

By: Leslie White

4.31

Format: 265 pages, Kindle Edition

Leslie White knew she wanted more out of life- She found it in an unlikely place.Devastated from th… read more

Similar categories in Leslie White's Three Years A Traveler: One woman, One dog, Seven Rvs, and the path less traveled to heal the heart book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Dear Bob and Sue: Season 3 by Matt   Smith

19. Dear Bob and Sue: Season 3

By: Matt Smith

4.47

Format: 347 pages, Kindle Edition

A funny and heartfelt travel memoir, Dear Bob and Sue: Season 3 brings to life the joy of the road … read more

Similar categories in Matt Smith's Dear Bob and Sue: Season 3 book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey by Derick Lugo

20. The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey

By: Derick Lugo

4.20

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He didn't even know if he liked being outside all that much. He … read more

Similar categories in Derick Lugo's The Unlikely Thru-Hiker: An Appalachian Trail Journey book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance by Jeff Garmire

21. Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance

By: Jeff Garmire

4.18

Format: 264 pages, Kindle Edition

A man walked into the woods, destined to spend 8 months living in the wild. Exhausted and emotional… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Garmire's Free Outside: A Trek Against Time and Distance book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Raised in Ruins: A Memoir by Tara Neilson

22. Raised in Ruins: A Memoir

By: Tara Neilson

3.97

Format: 272 pages, ebook

An extraordinary memoir of a woman's unconventional childhood growing up in the Alaskan wilderness,… read more

Similar categories in Tara Neilson's Raised in Ruins: A Memoir book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • nonfiction
  • memoir
Cover of Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail by Barney Scout Mann

23. Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail

By: Barney Scout Mann

4.38

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

2020 Banff Mountain Book Competition Finalist in Adventure Travel In Journeys North , legendary tr… read more

Similar categories in Barney Scout Mann's Journeys North: The Pacific Crest Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail by Michael   Tyler

24. Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail

By: Michael Tyler

3.90

Format: 231 pages, Kindle Edition

Bored and fed up with life, staring down a 50th birthday, Mike Tyler was looking for a change. Life… read more

Similar categories in Michael Tyler's Walking Thru: A Couple's Adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • outdoors
  • audiobook
Cover of Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer by Gail Francis

25. Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer

By: Gail Francis

3.86

Format: 165 pages, Kindle Edition

Just before her 40th birthday, Gail Francis quit her perfectly good job and set out to hike one of … read more

Similar categories in Gail Francis's Bliss(ters): How I Walked from Mexico to Canada One Summer book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of A Walk from the Wild Edge by Jake Tyler

26. A Walk from the Wild Edge

By: Jake Tyler

4.17

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

After coming terrifyingly close to suicide, Jake Tyler was determined to take back control of his l… read more

Similar categories in Jake Tyler's A Walk from the Wild Edge book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
"I pointed to a main road that, unbeknownst to us, had been running parallel to the valley the entire time. We were now at a place called ‘Whiteway’s Lodge’, next to a big roundabout that connects the…"

-Jake Tyler, A Walk from the Wild Edge

Cover of The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett

27. The Last Englishman

By: Keith Foskett

4.23

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate cover edition for ASIN B007EDIAY4 For previous cover edition see here A real-life … read more

Similar categories in Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • self help
  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • outdoors
  • nature
  • audiobook
"I have a recurring dream in which I am 85 years old, sitting in my living room, swaying back and forth in a rocking chair, studying the newspaper. I pause, look up and think of all the adventures I c…"

-Keith Foskett, The Last Englishman

Cover of Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors by Gail Muller

28. Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors

By: Gail Muller

4.08

Format: 316 pages, Kindle Edition

Gail Muller was told she’d be in a wheelchair by the age of forty. At forty-one she set out to hike… read more

Similar categories in Gail Muller's Unlost: A journey of self-discovery and the healing power of the wild outdoors book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • biography
  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • walking
  • nature
  • audiobook
Cover of Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail by Brian Cornell

29. Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail

By: Brian Cornell

4.01

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Once a person hikes a long trail, they catch the bug, but does it get any easier the second time ar… read more

Similar categories in Brian Cornell's Divided: A Walk on the Continental Divide Trail book and Keith Foskett's The Last Englishman

  • memoir
  • adventure
  • travel
  • nonfiction
  • nature
Cover of Continue: Right Click on the Appalachian Trail by Phillip Valentine

30. Continue: Right Click on the Appalachian Trail

By: Phillip Valentine

4.40

Format: 306 pages, Kindle Edition

Phillip considered himself a successful man – satisfied with his work in the recovery field and hap… read more

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Cover of Crossing Paths: A Pacific Crest Trailside Reader by Rees Hughes

31. Crossing Paths: A Pacific Crest Trailside Reader

By: Rees Hughes

4.29

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

What’s it like to be a trail angel and can romance truly blossom from first meeting to marriage on … read more

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18 Top audiobook books like The Last Englishman by Keith Foskett

Transform Your Habits

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

None , None , Sam Keith , Richard L. Proenneke

4.35

Transform Your Habits

The Pants Of Perspective: One Woman's 3,000 kilometre running adventure through the wilds of New Zealand

Anna McNuff

3.69

Transform Your Habits

Dear Bob and Sue

Matt Smith , Karen Smith

3.93

Transform Your Habits

The Great Alone: Walking the Pacific Crest Trail

Tim Voors

4.04

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5 Top outdoors books like Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail by Joan M. Griffin

Transform Your Habits

Tent for Seven: A Camping Adventure Gone South Out West

Marty Ohlhaut

4.41

Transform Your Habits

The Trail

Ethan Gallogly

4.31

Transform Your Habits

Force of Nature: Three Women Tackle The John Muir Trail

Joan M. Griffin

4.44

Transform Your Habits

The Trail Provides: A Boy's Memoir of Thru-Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

David Smart

4.32

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