Grandma Gatewood's Walk: The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail in Our Shared Shelf

Oct 25, 2022 Charlene rated it really liked it · review of another edition

A five star subject but the telling of the story was not up to that standard. Emma Gatewood first through hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in 1955, taking a taxi to the starting point in Georgia and finishing up in bitter cold in Maine, all in her canvas shoes and with a shoulder pack at the age of 67. It was a very different trail then; Grandma would walk off the trail and knock on people's doors, hoping for a meal and maybe even a bed for the night. This after raising a farming family of 11 ...more

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Jun 28, 2015 Katie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: memoirs-biography, transformative-walks

I sucked this down in one satisfying gulp.

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Sep 25, 2020 Cheryl rated it really liked it

Shelves: feminist, non-fiction, audio, narrative-non-fiction, hiking, memoir

I listened to this book and really enjoyed it. Lately I’ve been pulled towards more eco fiction/nature reads and listened to this not so long after I listened to Bill Bryson’s bestselling A Walk in the Woods which is also about hiking the Appalachian Trail. What made this story so interesting is that Emma Gatewood hiked the trail three times beginning when she was 66, a mother of 11, and grandmother besides and I should mention starting in the mid-1950s. The trail was more crude then and Emma wa ...more

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