A Hiker's History of the Appalachian Trail

Mills Kelly is a retired professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and a historian of the Appalachian Trail (AT). He began hiking on the trail as a young Boy Scout in 1971, and the trail has been part of his life ever since. Today, he is the maintainer of the Manassas Gap shelter along the trail in northern Virginia and is the volunteer archivist of the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club. He is also the host of The Green Tunnel podcast, about the history of the Appalachian Trail. He is the author of several books, including Virginia's Lost Appalachian Trail, which tells the story of the original route of the AT in Southwest Virginia.