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Montgomery, Ben.
Grandma Gatewood's walk :
the inspiring story of the woman who saved the Appalachian Trail /
Ben Montgomery.
First edition.
Chicago, Illinois :
Chicago Review Press,
[2014]
277 pages :
illustrations, maps ;
24 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-270) and index.
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.
20191121.
Gatewood, Emma Rowena Caldwell,
1887-1973.
Hikers
Appalachian Trail
Biography.
Women conservationists
Appalachian Trail
Biography.
Appalachian Trail
History.