01411cam a2200337 i 4500 403900465 TxAuBib 20191121120000.0 130916s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2013037551 9781613734995 1613734999 9781613747186 1613747187 TxAuBib rda 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. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier 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.