Literature and Poetry

Inspired by a 1994 thru-hike, the main character encounters strange characters, survives three seasons of rain, heat and humidity, and endures violent storms. Eventually the trail itself becomes a character in this novel.

Ordinary people confronted with inexplicable phenomena. The stories all have some connection to the Appalachian Trail, and they are related by persons who have guided hikers on long treks along that famous trail.

Charming and thought-provoking meditation on both the beauties of nature. Covers Thomas Jefferson, Walt Whitman, Annie Dillard, Henry David Thoreau, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Herman Melville, and more.

A professional storyteller talks with many people who grew up when the AT was being planned and constructed and with those who still live along its corridor.