Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Grandma Gatewood's WalkISBN13:9781613734995ISBN10:1613734999Author:Montgomery, Ben (Author)Description:Emma Gatewood Told Her Family She Was Going On A Walk And Left Her Small Ohio Hometown With A Change Of Clothes And Less Than Two Hundred Dollars The Next Anybody Heard From Her, This Genteel, Farm-Reared, 67-Year-Old Great-Grandmother Had Walked 800 Miles Along The 2,050-Mile Appalachian Trail And In September 1955, Having Survived A Rattlesnake Strike, Two Hurricanes, And A Run-In With Harlem Gangsters, She Stood Atop Maine's Mt Katahdin Driven By A Painful Marriage To An Oppressive Husband, Gatewood Became 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 Gatewood Became A Hiking Celebrity, And Appeared On Tv And On The Pages Of Sports Illustrated The Public Attention She Brought To The Footpath, And Her Vocal Criticism Of The Lousy, Difficult Stretches, Led To Bolstered Maintenance, And Very Likely Saved The Trail From Extinction The Story Of Grandma Gatewood Will Inspire Readers Of All Ages By Illustrating The Full Power Of Human Spirit And Determination Even Those Who Know Of Gatewood Don't Know The Full Story--A Story Of Triumph From Pain, Rebellion From Brutality, Hope From Suffering Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:CHICAGO REVIEW PRPublication Date:2016-04-01Weight:0.9 lbsDimensions:0.9'' H x 8.8'' L x 6'' WNumber of Pages:288Language:English
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Book Title: Grandma Gatewood's Walk : the Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Women, Environmental Conservation & Protection, History, United States / General, Hiking
Item Height: 0.9 in
Genre: Nature, Travel, Sports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography
Item Weight: 14.9 Oz
Item Length: 9 in
Author: Ben Montgomery
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
