Thomas Johnson

From Dream to Reality

History of the Appalachian Trail

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Have you ever wondered.... Where was the Appalachian Trail first put on the ground? Who did it and why there? Where and why was it moved? Which groups did all that as volunteers, and did they get along, region to region? What maneuvering in Washington did it take to pronounce it a federally protected national scenic trail? Who secured the money to buy the land under and around it? In From Dream to Reality, career historian Tom Johnson -- himself a hiker, trail-club official, and trail maintainer -- takes you step by step toward the answers to those and many more questions about the first eight decades of the Appalachian Trail project, a true American icon. Heavily illustrated with archival photographs and maps, many never before published, From Dream to Reality focuses on the volunteers from all walks of life who made the trail and maintain its experiences today, jointly with the leadership of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy and its federal and state partners"--Back cover.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mountaineers Books
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 152mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1157g
• ISBN-13: 9781944958152
• ISBN-10: 1944958150
• Artikelnr.: 61407172

Autorenporträt

Tom Johnson (1940-2020), a Washington state native and a career historian with federal intelligence agencies for more than a half-century, was a lifelong hiker, longtime A.T. club official, and Trail maintainer for 30 years. Out of college in 1964, he joined the Air Force and became a professional intelligence officer. He and his wife traveled the world, living in four different foreign countries. He spent nearly a decade researching for this book, up and down the Eastern Seaboard, conducting interviews and poring through professional and amateur archives.