The spring 2014 One Book One Community selection is A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson. This funny memoir tells of Bryson's ill-fated attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail.
Check your local library for other books on hiking and the Appalachian Trail. Titles in bold are available at Maxwell Library
Becoming Odyessa by Jennifer Pharr Davis
In Beauty May She Walk: Hiking the Appalachian Trail at 60 by Leslie Mass
Barefoot Sisters Southbound, the Adventures on the Appalachian Trail by Lucy & Susan Letcher
AWOL on the Appalachian Trail by David Miller
Walking Home: A Woman's Pilgrimage on the Appalachian Trail by Kelly Winters
The Things You Find on the Appalachian Trail: A Memoir of Discovery, Endurance and a Lazy Dog by Kevin Runolfson
Last Child in the Woods by Ricard Louv
Halfway to the Sky by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Appropriate for Middle School grades
Step by Step along the Appalachian Trail by Tricia Andysweski
Appropriate for Middle School grades
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Ellie's Long Walk: The True Story of Two Friends on the Appalachian Trail by Pam Flowers
Appropriate for grades 4-6
Orient: Hero Dog of the Appalachian Trail by Tom McMahon
Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson
A picture book for young readers
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