{"product_id":"9781889386942","title":"Hiking through History: Civil War Sites on the Appalachian Trail","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe ridges and valleys of the Appalachians once were the frontier of colonial America. Today their centerline is the Appalachian National Scenic Trail, a hiking and backpacking beacon to the world. In between, its route became one of many routes to freedom for the enslaved in the South and mid-Atlantic states and then a series of mountaintop battlefields. Some argue it began here, with John Brown's raid on the armory at Harpers Ferry, the psychological halfway point of the legendary footpath.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHiking through History\u003c\/i\u003e documents battle sites along the Trail from east Tennessee to the retreat lines from Gettysburg, Underground Railroad sites from Harpers Ferry north to Maine, and a singular Trailside network of farms bought postwar by former slaves in central Virginia, their ruins still visible. Each site is illustrated with period photographs and a suggested hike, complete with four-color map and detailed description.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the four years of the Civil War, hundreds died atop denuded ridges along what is now a peaceful, forestedpath for recreatrion and reflection. The intent of this volume is to provide to hikers a sense of what happened here more than 150 years ago and provoke them to reimagine the scenery and think about their past as Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword by Brian B. King.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Appalachian Trail Conservancy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062751019248,"sku":"9781889386942","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781889386942_p0.jpg?v=1763607477","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781889386942","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}