“Going It Alone is part memoir, part travel book, part treatise on writing and a deep reflection of what it is to truly be alone.”
—Tahoe Weekly
“[Hauerman’s] stories convey the magic not only of the Tahoe Rim Trail, for which he separately has written a guidebook, but also of the paths and lakes in Desolation Wilderness.”
—Laura Read, Moonshine Ink
“Hauserman’s latest book . . . is an intimate chronicle that takes readers across rugged mountain paths while musing candidly about solitude versus loneliness in the wild. There are dad jokes, too.”
—Alex Hoeft, Tahoe Quarterly
“Going It Alone had me laughing out loud, but its sober central theme of loneliness is a timely and important one. Firmly in the tradition of nature writers like Bill Bryson and David Gessner, Hauserman’s style is down-to-earth, direct, and relatable.”
—Colleen Morton Busch, author of Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire
“This is a different kind of adventure [book], one that draws the reader in—not through descriptions of bold, harrowing feats, but through quiet ruminations on beauty, connection, quiet, loneliness, and wildlife. It is well-paced and carefully drawn.”
—Robert Leonard Reid, 2018 Nevada Writers Hall of Fame inductee, author of five books, including Because It is So Beautiful: Unraveling the Mystique of the American West