Have you ever read a book that inspired a non-reading passion or hobby? If so, tell us more (what was it, are you still pursuing it, etc.)

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Have you ever read a book that inspired a non-literary passion or hobby? If so, tell us more (what was it, are you still pursuing it, etc.).

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Have been thinking about this question for the past week since I stumbled on it (almost a year later than posted). I read quite a few books about hobbies that I wish I had the skill to pursue :rofl:, like mountain climbing and marathon running but it took me awhile to identify a hobby-inspired by a book. The closest thing I could think of is that I often check out and/or try recipes of foods mentioned in books.

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South, Ernest Shackleton. LeD me to buy a small sailboat (a sunfish) and learn to sail on the Intercoastal Waterway near Beaufort. When a shrimper caught a tiger shark (with 45 young inside her) that was longer than my boat, i sold It and started fishing instead.

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Vagabonding in Europe, Ed Buryn inspired me to hotchhike to n Europe at 19. Alaska, by James Michener led me to move my family to Kodiak. Readibg has almost always gotten me in trouble.

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The only book that comes to my mind now is THE LIES THEY TOLD by Ellen Marie Wiseman. Reading the trauma that immigrants faced inspired me to research on Ancestry.com. I wanted to know if any of my ancestors were sent to Ellis Island. Currently I have not found any.