[at-l] question

[Mara Factor]

Looks like you got good info. from everyone else  I managed to find
some other references but they might not meet your criteria of widely
published or an account of a thruhike.

National Geographic is now published widely but I´m not sure about in 1949.

Info from Amazon:

National Geographic, Bound volumes for the year 1949: Everglades,
Natchez, Berlin Airlift, Tibet, Newfoundland, vegetables, Appalachian
Trail, Andorra, Arnhem Land, Arctic (Hardcover)
by Gilbert Grosvenor (Editor)

and Kathy´s page:

Nat. Geo.
Brown, Andrew. vol. XCVI no. 2 (August 1949) Skyline Trail from Maine
to Georgia.

Info from Amazon about a book that was probably not published widely:

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)

There´s a lot of info googlable about Torrey but not much reference to
this publication.  More references to his guide books.

Kathy´s page also mentions:
The Appalachian Trail. Hiking Along the Crests of Skyland - a
Pedestrian's Pathway from Mount Washington in New England to Stone
Mountain in Georgia. In, The Mentor, Vol. 16, No. 7, August, 1928.
Dacy, George H.


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On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 2:34 PM, Arthur Gaudet<rockdancer97 at comcast.net> wrote:
> This question is sort of for Earthworm but others might have info as well.
>
> When Earl Shaffer published "Walking with Spring" it was a long time after his
> 1948 hike. His first attempt was to self-publish and then later the ATC helped
> to do a reprint of his original. So the answer isn't "Earl".
>
> What was the first book, published widely, to contain an account of hiking the
> entire Appalachian Trail?
>
> The Rodale 2-volume set was issued in 1975.
>
> Earl's book was published privately in 1981. My copy is the ATC version from
> 1983.
>
> Sutton, Ann & Myron "The Appalachian Trail: Wilderness on the Doorstep" was
> published in 1967... So perhaps Sutton?
>
> Curiously, RockDancer (who now has time to ask questions now that he's back home
> in Mass.)
>
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