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Rodgers Readers  - Grandma Gatewood's Walk

Rodgers Readers - Grandma Gatewood's Walk In-Person

Come join us for our book discussion on Grandma Gatewood's Walk: the Inspiring Story of the Woman Who Saved the Appalachian Trail by Ben Montgomery.

 

"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 hundred dollars. The next anybody heard from her, this genteel, farm-reared, 67-year-old great-grandmother had walked 800 miles along the 2,050-mile Appalachian Trail. And in September 1955, having survived a rattlesnake strike, two hurricanes, and a run-in with gangsters from Harlem, she stood atop Maine's Mount Katahdin. There she sang the first verse of "America, the Beautiful" and proclaimed, "I said I'll do it, and I've done it." Grandma Gatewood, as the reporters called her, became the first woman to hike the entire Appalachian Trail alone, as well as the first person--man or woman--to walk it twice and three times."-- From publisher's description.

 

Copies of the book are available at the Circulation Desk while supplies last.

 

Registration is not required, yet it's helpful for planning purposes. 

Date:
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Time:
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Community Room
Categories:
  Adult Services Program  

Registration is required. There are 13 seats available.

Michele Ricca

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