Grandma Gatewood's Walk
Title | Grandma Gatewood's Walk PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Montgomery |
Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 2014-04-01 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1613747217 |
Winner of the 2014 National Outdoor Book Awards for History/Biography 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. Gatewood became a hiking celebrity and appeared on TV and in the pages of Sports Illustrated. The public attention she brought to the little-known footpath was unprecedented. Her vocal criticism of the lousy, difficult stretches led to bolstered maintenance, and very likely saved the trail from extinction. Author Ben Montgomery was given unprecedented access to Gatewood's own diaries, trail journals, and correspondence, and interviewed surviving family members and those she met along her hike, all to answer the question so many asked: Why did she do it? The story of Grandma Gatewood will inspire readers of all ages by illustrating the full power of human spirit and determination. Even those who know of Gatewood don't know the full story—a story of triumph from pain, rebellion from brutality, hope from suffering.
Broward County
Title | Broward County PDF eBook |
Author | Seth H. Bramson |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 128 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467127221 |
Broward County came into existence on October 1, 1915, when Dade and Palm Beach Counties were partitioned to form a new county. Named for early-20th-century Florida governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward, the county has grown to become renowned for nationally acclaimed restaurants, residential areas, colleges, universities, and shopping along Las Olas Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. A major American metropolitan area, Broward County today is home to a branch of Florida International University, as well as the campuses of Nova Southeastern University, Broward College, and Florida Atlantic University. As of 2016, the population of Broward County was approximately 1.8 million people, making it Florida's second-most populous county and the 17th-most populous in the United States.
Charter of Broward County Florida
Title | Charter of Broward County Florida PDF eBook |
Author | Broward County (Fla.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Broward County (Fla.) |
ISBN |
Broward County Commission ... at Your Service!
Title | Broward County Commission ... at Your Service! PDF eBook |
Author | Broward County (Fla.). County Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | Broward County (Fla.) |
ISBN |
History of Broward County
Title | History of Broward County PDF eBook |
Author | Frances H. Miner |
Publisher | |
Pages | 16 |
Release | 1936 |
Genre | Broward County (Fla.) |
ISBN |
Fort Lauderdale and Broward County
Title | Fort Lauderdale and Broward County PDF eBook |
Author | Stuart B. McIver |
Publisher | Fort Lauderdale Hist Soc |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 1983-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780897810814 |
Broward County History
Title | Broward County History PDF eBook |
Author | Broward County (Fla.). Board of County Commissioners |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Broward County (Fla.) |
ISBN |