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

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

Ben Montgomery

277 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction biography history travel emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

Description

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...

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inspiring 89%
adventurous 73%
informative 63%
reflective 45%
hopeful 24%
emotional 15%
lighthearted 12%
funny 7%
challenging 5%
relaxing 5%
sad 3%

Pace

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slow 30%
fast 9%

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