| Along the Appalachian Trail: New Jersey, New York and Connecticut Contributor(s): Adkins, Leonard M. (Author), Appalachian Trail Conservancy (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467121517 ISBN-13: 9781467121514 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Sports & Recreation | Hiking - Sports & Recreation | History |
| Dewey: 917.404 |
| LCCN: 2013950188 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.4" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New Jersey - Geographic Orientation - New York - Geographic Orientation - Connecticut - Cultural Region - Appalachians |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 200 images from the archives of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the National Park Service that tell the history of the Appalachian Trail in NY, NJ and CT. Crossing through 14 states from Maine to Georgia, the Appalachian Trail enters New Jersey through the Delaware Water Gap, crosses New York's Hudson River, and rises over Connecticut's Lion's Head. The area is considered by some to be the pathways birthplace, for in 1923, just two years after Benton MacKaye originally proposed the trail, the first few miles specifically constructed for the Appalachian Trail were built by volunteers in New York's Harriman and Bear Mountain State Parks. These photographs and the corresponding narrative present a historical perspective on what it took to create the trail, including the thousands of volunteers and the arduous tasks they performed, those who lived along the trail before and during its creation, the many people who have enjoyed the trail through the years, and the original routes that are no longer part of the present-day Appalachian Trail. |
Contributor Bio(s): Adkins, Leonard M.: - Author Leonard M. Adkins has hiked the entire Appalachian Trail five times and is the author of 18 books about the outdoors and travel, including six concerning the trail. He has aided the Appalachian Trail Conservancy in protecting rare and endangered plants by being a natural heritage monitor and a ridgerunner. He has also been a volunteer trail maintainer and has served on the boards of directors for both the Roanoke and the Old Dominion Appalachian Trail Clubs. |