Would you like to explore another region of our country,
but not have to actually travel there?
Then I recommend you read the ebook,
Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery, available through Tarleton's Overdrive database.
This ebook tells the story of the 1955 solo walk of 67-year-old Emma Gatewood over the entire 2,050 miles of the Appalachian Trail (AT). She was the first woman ever to make this AT walk solo, and she did it carrying only a homemade cloth bag with a few supplies, wearing canvas sneakers, and holding $200 in her pocket. In the process, she wore out 7 pairs of shoes, destroyed 2 pairs of glasses, and met a few rattlesnakes, but she also made life-long friends with people who lived along AT, as well as with park rangers and people of the media. She gained unexpected fame and notoriety through her love of hiking. Grandma Gatewood's persistence, fortitude, and hopeful attitude as she traversed the wild and rugged, newly established Appalachian Trail with the bare minimum of supplies and with so little help is inspiring.
This books is an historic, impressive story of one determined Grandma!
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