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

Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography

Emma Gatewood told her family she was going on a walk and left her small Ohio hometown with a change of clothes and less than two …

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