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The book starts with Bryson explaining his curiosity about the Appalachian Trail near his house. He and his old friend Stephen Katz start hiking the trail from Georgia in the South, and stumble in the beginning with the difficulties of getting used to their equipment; Bryson also soon realizes how difficult it is to travel with his friend, who is a crude, overweight recovering alcoholic, and ...
Appalachian Trail: Calling Me Back to the Hills is a large format, “coffee table size” book that is richly illustrated with photographs of the Appalachian Trail taken by Bart Smith. Ode to the Appalachian Trail is a smaller, more personal account of Earl’s final hike written in a poetic, “ode” format. It is a limited, numbered ...
A television interview reports that he has published several popular books and there is speculation he will be writing more. Bryson, however, has no such plans. Bryson and his wife Catherine attend a funeral. Afterwards, he takes a stroll up to the nearby Appalachian Trail, and suddenly decides he will hike its entire length. Catherine objects ...
Emma Rowena Gatewood (née Caldwell; October 25, 1887 – June 4, 1973), [1] better known as Grandma Gatewood, was an American ultra-light hiking pioneer. After a difficult life as a farm wife, mother of eleven children, and survivor of domestic violence, she became famous as the first solo female thru-hiker of the 2,168-mile (3,489 km) Appalachian Trail (A.T.) in 1955 at the age of 67.
The Appalachian Trail: A Biography is a 2021 non-fiction book written as a biography by Philip D'Anieri. [1] [2] [3] In the biography, Philip D' Anieri, who is a lecturer at University of Michigan [4] mentions multiple personalities significant in the trail's history [2] and also discusses the stories of the Appalachian Trail founders and their motivations.
She has also written two memoirs- 2010's Becoming Odyssa, about her 2005 Appalachian Trail thru-hike, [7] [19] and 2013's Called Again, about her record setting A.T. hike, both published by Beaufort Books.