Record details

• ISBN: 0875960677
• ISBN: 9780875960678
• Physical Description: 2 volumes (xv, 2009 pages, 60 unnumbered leaves of plates) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
• Edition: 1st edition
• Publisher: Emmaus, Pa. : Rodale Press, [1975]
• Copyright: ©1975

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1987-2009).

Formatted Contents Note:

v.1. What is the Appalachian Trail? -- History of the Appalachian Trail -- Appalachian Trail mileage by states -- Myron H. Avery : first to hike the entire the Appalachian Trail -- Maine to Georgia : all the way -- Earl Shaffer : pioneer through hiker -- I enjoyed it! -- Grandma Gatewood : a legend along the Appalachian Trail -- My three Appalachian Trail hikes -- Georgia to Maine, March to November -- The Appalachian Trail in Maine : Katahdin to Bigelow, 1957 -- 99 days on the Appalachian Trail -- The Appalachian Trail and I -- The Appalachian Trail : a trip made by James F. Fox And Paul A. Gerhard -- Friendly little markers -- Campfires along the Appalachian Trail -- A lazy trek from Georgia to Maine -- Following the Appalachian Trail, or don't spare the white paint -- A memorable walk -- Adventures on the Appalachian Trail : a 2,000 mile journey in the wilderness -- Journey of a lifetime -- The Appalachian Trail : my way -- To both ends from the middle -- The endless miles : an Appalachian Trail hike.

v.2. The first step -- A long walk home -- Hiking The Trail in 73 Days -- The trail -- by accident -- Going a Journey -- Appalachian hiker -- There and back -- A Mountain Every Morning : Margaret and Bump Smith's hike -- The 2,000-mile classroom -- Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail -- For the simple joy of it, or how to travel in at least 13 different directions at once -- To the truest mountain -- From Springer's Peak in spring I sprang -- Appalachian Trail hike -- Suggestions for end-to-enders -- The long green tunnel -- Sometimes easy, sometimes difficult, but always good -- A walk in search of the horizon -- Some Questions and Answers -- Birds along the Appalachian Trail -- an annotated list of observations from Georgia to Maine -- Mileage-climb data summaries -- Appalachian trail graphs -- Picture taking on a through hike -- Photography along the Appalachian Trail -- The Appalachian Trail Conference -- Route of the Appalachian Trail -- adapted from the Federal Register -- Trail maintaining organizations.

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