[at-l] AT article by Torrey ( was--Re: question)

[Linda Patton]

OK...I'm home...and I have the article (not book)...the citation is:

Torrey, Raymond H.  
"The Appalachian Trail: From Maine to Georgia by Foot Trail, a Little 
Hike of 2000 Miles, Along the Skyline of the Appalachian Ranges."  
American forests and forest life. Vol. 30, no. 4 (Apr. 1924), pp 218-220

Yes, it is an article to "publicize and promote the trail."  I've added the 
citation to the AT articles on BooksForHikers.  I still have to work out 
how to add a link to the pdf of the article. 

~~ eArThworm

----- Original Message -----
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 6:52 PM, Mara Factor <mfactor at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> > The Appalachian trail: From Maine to Georgia by foot trail, a little
> > hike of 2000 miles, along the skyline of the Appalachian ranges by
> > Raymond H Torrey (Unknown Binding - 1924)

and Jim Bullard replied:  

> What information I could find seems to suggest that it was an 
> effort to publicize and promote the trail rather than an account of a 
> hike on it.Torrey, along with Myron Avery was one of the early movers 
> and shakers behind the AT and Myron is recognized as the 1st 2000 
> miler. In any case this was during the initial phases of laying out and 
> building. There was no continuous trail yet in 1924. The book would 
> be an interesting read though.Too bad someone doesn't release it as 
> a PDF.



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