Grandma Gatewood's Walk : : the Inspiring Story of the Woman who Saved the Appalachian Trail
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Drawing from Gatewood's diaries, journals, and correspondence, documents the life of the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail alone in 1955 as well as her efforts to bring public attention to the once little-known footpath.
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Amazing woman submitted by leea on July 26, 2022, 9:10pm First woman to hike the AT alone, she returned and hiked it several more times. That she did this without advance preparation, without the "essential" gear, and apparently without any fear is just amazing.
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Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, [2014]
Year Published: 2014
Description: 277 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781613734995
9781613747186
1613747187
SUBJECTS
Gatewood, Emma Rowena Caldwell, -- -1973.
Hikers -- Appalachian Trail -- Biography.
Women conservationists -- Appalachian Trail -- Biography.
Appalachian Trail -- History.