Bibliography: p. 1987-2009.

CONTENTS:

V 1: What is the Appalachian Trail? -- History of the Appalachian Trail -- Appalachian Trail mileage by states -- Myron H. Avery : first to hike the entire the Appalachian Trail -- Maine to Georgia : all the way -- Earl Shaffer : pioneer through hiker -- I enjoyed it! -- Grandma Gatewood : a legend along the Appalachian Trail -- My three Appalachian Trail hikes -- Georgia to Maine, March to November -- The Appalachian Trail in Maine : Katahdin to Bigelow, 1957 -- 99 days on the Appalachian Trail -- The Appalachian Trail and I -- The Appalachian Trail : a trip made by James F. Fox And Paul A. Gerhard -- Friendly little markers -- Campfires along the Appalachian Trail -- A lazy trek from Georgia to Maine -- Following the Appalachian Trail, or don’t spare the white paint -- A memorable walk -- Adventures on the Appalachian Trail : a 2,000 mile journey in the wilderness -- Journey of a lifetime -- The Appalachian Trail : my way -- To both ends from the middle -- The endless miles : an Appalachian Trail hike.

V 2: The first step -- A long walk home -- Hiking the trail in 73 days -- The trail : by accident -- Appalachian hiker -- There and back -- A mountain every morning : Margaret and Bump Smith’s hike -- The 2,000-mile classroom -- Georgia to Maine on the Appalachian Trail -- For the simple joy of it, or how to travel in at least 13 different directions at once -- To the truest mountain -- From Springer’s Peak in spring I sprang -- Appalachian Trail hike -- Suggestions for end-to-enders -- The long green tunnel -- Sometimes easy, sometimes difficult, but always good -- A walk in search of the horizon -- Some questions and answers -- Birds along the Appalachian Trail : an annotated list of observations from Georgia to Maine -- Mileage-climb data summaries -- Appalachian Trail graphs -- Picture taking on a through hike -- Photography along the Appalachian Trail -- The Appalachian Trail Conference -- Route of the Appalachian Trail Conference : adapted from the Federal Register -- Trail maintaining organizations.