On the trail a history of American hiking

In the mid-nineteenth century urban walking clubs emerged in the United States. A little more than a century later, tens of millions of Americans were hiking on trails blazed in every region of the country. This groundbreaking book is the first full account of the unique history of the American hiki...

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Main Author: Chamberlin, Silas
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
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