Before beginning the Appalachian Trail, the farthest northeast Jared Carter, an Alabama native, had been was North Carolina. Follow him in this honest and intelligent account of hiking over two thousand miles from Georgia to Maine as he encounters new land and new people while contemplating faith, ecology, community, and personal growth.Influenced by Christian theology, agrarian views, and literature of all sorts, the author takes you on a journey through the Appalachian Mountains ...

From brothers bonding over grave digging to encounters with a one-eyed fortune teller at a county fair, Carter’s brilliantly crafted stories of the South speak to life, death, passion, and pride.