The Long Walk

When Emma Gatewood was 67, she told her children she was going on a walk. “The next they would hear from her would be via postcard… And it said, ‘By ‘walk’ I mean I'm thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail.’”

Ben Montgomery’s book is Grandma Gatewood’s Walk. (chicagoreviewpress.com/grandma-gatewood-s-walk…)

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