Along the Appalachian Trail: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee

Images of America: Georgia

by Leonard M. Adkins, Appalachian Trail Conservancy

Predating the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway, the Appalachian Trail was established in the 1920s. Yet even after volunteers had begun the pathway's construction, its southern terminus was still undetermined. The more than 200 vintage photographs of Images of America: Along the Appalachian Trail: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee have been culled from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy, National Park Service, local trail maintaining clubs, state archives, and historical societies. They illustrate the sweat, toil, and dedication that went into building the trail over some of Eastern America's highest and most rugged terrain. Also chronicled are the people who lived along the trail's route, those who volunteered to physically build it or lobby for its creation, and the many relocations that have moved the pathway to optimal locations.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 2, 2012

Reviews

[David Ward · Rating 2 out of 5]

Along the Appalachian Trail: Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee by Leonard M. Adkins (Arcadia Publishing 2012)(975) is another in the "Images of America " series. I found this volume to be less compelling than the numerous other books in the series. It features a series of archived photos from the early days of the AT in the three southernmost states. My rating: 4/10, finished 8/13/12.