Rosy picked up the book and a bookmark I had been using, a rose sent to me in Front Royal, Virginia, by my fiancé (now husband). I had met Rosy earlier, in Duncannon, Pennsylvania, and had shown her both the rose and the book. Rosy kept the rose throughout the remainder of her thru-hike and sent it to me by mail months later.
From “Taking a Broad View of Literacy: Lessons from the Appalachian Trail Thru-hiking Community” by Leslie S. Rush.
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Posted April 2003