Use mapletree's A-fingering when you have hammer-ons around the second and third frets. Use your A-fingering barre for delta blues (high A) reaches/hammers/slides with your pinky. Practice both and use both. Sometimes you may find other finergings to work better, depending on the "next move".
BTW -- how do you like the Hanson book? I have gotten through the book pretty well but find his demonstrations to be way too fast. Even if I could play these pieces at that speed (and most I can), I'm not sure I would. He sound rushed and non-musical. Otherwise I have found it to be one of the best Travis picking books. I am now working on his second in this series (Fingerstyle Solo for Guitar) -- much trickier than pattern picking. God luck.
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