Grandma Gatewood's walk : the inspiring story of the woman who saved the Appalachian Trail / Ben Montgomery.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Montgomery, Ben.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gatewood, Emma Rowena Caldwell, -1973.

Gatewood, Emma Rowena Caldwell.

Hikers--Appalachian Trail--Biography.

Hikers.

Women conservationists--Appalachian Trail--Biography.

Women conservationists.

Appalachian Trail--History.

Appalachian Trail.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

2014.

Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2014.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; 1 Pick Up Your Feet; 2 Go Home, Grandma; 3 Rhododendron and Rattlesnakes; 4 Wild Dogs; 5 How'd You Get in Here?; 6 Our Fight; 7 Lady Tramp; 8 Attention; 9 Good Hard Life; 10 Storm; 11 Shelter; 12 I'll Get There; 13 Destruction; 14 So Much Behind; 15 All by Myself; 16 Return to Rainbow Lake; 17 Aloneness More Complete than Ever; 18 Again; 19 Pioneer Woman; 20 Blazing; 21 Monuments; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; About the Author; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4945-0793-5

1-61374-719-5