{"product_id":"great-stories-of-hiking-the-appalachian-trail-9780811705981","title":"Great Stories of Hiking the Appalachian Trail","description":"Among the many hiker memoirs and trail stories, this book is legendary, the acclaimed collection of first-person accounts from the original hikers' the ones who proved that it could be done and inspired generations to come.\u003cli\u003eStories of the original trailblazers and the first thruhikers \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eReprinted from the out-of-print Rodale 2-volume \u003ci\u003eHiking the Appalachian Trail\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eNew foreword by Dave Startzell, executive director of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy \u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eThese are the stories of the earliest hikers, the ones who did it before it was the thing to do, when it was said to be impossible, and when a person was considered crazy to even try. Included in this new edition are some of the most famous names in the history of the AT: Benton MacKaye, Myron Avery, George Outerbridge, and Grandma Gatewood. Trailblazing in the 1920s and '30s and backpacking in the 1940s, '50s, and '60s was difficult: learn how they managed without ultralight equipment and the freeze-dried food available to contemporary hikers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811705981\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003c\/li\u003e","brand":"Debra Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52537409044661,"sku":"9780811705981","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_0fdf3e35-765f-4491-8281-db40f7bf0665.jpg?v=1779169422","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/great-stories-of-hiking-the-appalachian-trail-9780811705981","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}