In my last post, for the fifth anniversary of my first book, I did a little reflecting on the sales history of Walden on Wheels. This got me thinking about the book and decisions I made when publishing it. If there were two things I could do over, I might have requested a hardback edition and I might have included a photo insert. I never gave a photo insert a thought, perhaps because, back then, I had neither a good camera nor magazine-quality photos of my journey.
But having just gone through my old photo files, I see that I do indeed have a few worthwhile images that would have put faces to names. It’s arguable whether photos help or hurt a book (I’m not sure where I stand, though I lean toward featuring photos), but if I did have a photo insert, the following photos would be included. Consider this the “photo insert” that never was:
Chapter Two: Cheechako
Chapter Three: Applicant
Chapter Four: Tour Guide
Chapter Five: Garbage Picker
Chapter Six: Night Cook
Chapter Seven: Maintenance Worker
Chapter Eight: Hitchhiker
Chapter Nine: Voyageur
Chapter Ten: Corpsmember
Chapter Eleven: Son
Chapter Twelve: Ranger
Chapter Fourteen: Purchase
Chapter Fifteen: Renovation
Chapter Sixteen: Acclimatization
Chapter Eighteen: My First Guest
Chapter Twenty: Ranger
Chapter Twenty-One: Pilgrim
Chapter Twenty-Two: Graduate
