On The Beaten Path: An Appalachian Pilgrimage
When author Robert Alden Rubin takes on the Appalachian Trail from start to finish he puts many things on hold in his life including his marriage and career. Adopting the trail name Rhyming Worm (which he signs into trail books and registries along the way), he sets off from Springer Mountain outside of Atlanta, Georgia on the arduous 2,100 mile trek northbound to Katahdin, Maine through the remainder of the primordial forestland of the Eastern US. Thi...