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Walking on the Wild Side : Long-Distance Hiking on the Appalachian Trail

Fondren, Kristi M. [Verfasser]

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, 2016

[Ann Arbor, Michigan] : [ProQuest]

1 Online-Ressource (164 pages)

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978-0-8135-7190-4 ; 978-0-8135-7189-8

In Walking on the Wild Side, sociologist Kristi M. Fondren traces the stories of forty-six men and women who set out to trek America's most well known long-distance hiking trail. The volume illuminates the intense social intimacy and bonding that forms among long-distance hikers as they collectively construct a long-distance hiker identity, revealing how important a sense of place can be to our identity.