Grandma Gatewood's Walk The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

Name: Grandma Gatewood's Walk The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
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ISBN: 9781613747186

ISBN-10: 1613747187

ISBN-13: 9781613747186

Edition: 2014

Authors: Ben Montgomery

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Emma Gatewood was the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person—man or woman—to walk it twice and three times and she did it all after the age of 65. This is the first and only biography of Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, who became a hiking celebrity in the 1950s and ’60s. She appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter, and on the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English