Grandma Gatewood’s Walk: The Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail

For this week’s Longreads Member Pick, we’re excited to share the opening chapters of Grandma Gatewood’s Walk, the new book by Ben Montgomery about Emma Gatewood, the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone—and who did so at the age of 67.

Source: Longreads
Published: May 6, 2014
Length: 12 minutes (3,064 words)
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