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;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Virtual :geo:38.8122835,-77.1171899 GEO:38.8122835;-77.1171899 DESCRIPTION:The subtitle of this book detailing the amazing accomplishment s by Emma Gatewood is "The Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appa lachian Trail" \n\n.\nhttps://alexandria.libnet.info/event/9951295 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:From the publisher\, Chicago Review Press: "Emma Gatewood was the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail a lone\, as well as the first person&mdash\;man or woman&mdash\;to walk it t wice and three times and she did it all after the age of 65. This is the f irst and only biography of Grandma Gatewood\, as the reporters called her\ , who became a hiking celebrity in the 1950s and &rsquo\;60s. She appeared on TV with Groucho Marx and Art Linkletter\, and on the pages of \;Sp orts Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known foo tpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy\, difficult stre tches led to bolstered maintenance\, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewo od&rsquo\;s own diaries\, trail journals\, and correspondence. He also une arthed historic newspaper and magazine articles and interviewed surviving family members and hikers Gatewood met along the trail. The inspiring stor y of Emma Gatewood illustrates the full power of human spirit and determin ation."
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