Andrea Lankford is the author of Ranger Confidential and three trail guides. During her career with the National Park Service, Andrea won several awards for her criminal investigations. After leaving the ranger ranks, the accomplished outdoorswoman thru-hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, kayaked from Miami to Key West, and she and her friend, Beth Overton, were the first to mountain bike the 800-mile Arizona Trail. Andrea is now a registered nurse living in Northern California.
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"It's hard to imagine who else could have produced a work like
this. Her book is a sprawling portrait of an area whose fantastical
features practically necessitate the use of metaphor: The pale
rocks south of the San Jacinto Mountains 'resemble bottom teeth
erupting from forested gums.' Above all, this is a profile of two
subcultures: hikers and their searchers, who share an inconceivable
tenacity and sometimes a similar desperation."--Wall Street
Journal
"When author Andrea Lankford says that she put 'a lot of blood,
sweat, tears, and broken bones' into her new work of nonfiction,
Trail of the Lost, she's not speaking in metaphor... [this is a]
book that satisfies and educates. It also paints a picture of the
remarkable generosity of people along the trail, from Tarr to the
so-called 'trail angels'... the book is also a portrait of hope and
resilience, especially when it comes to Langford, Tarr, and the
families of the missing."--San Francisco Chronicle
"[G]ripping... Trail of the Lost is about the hikers and the
efforts to find them, but it's also a rich, multilayered narrative
that works on three different levels... Trail of the Lost is
written with a clear, fast-paced, straightforward prose that still
manages to be beautiful and immersive. It is also as full of hope
and humanity as it is packed with pain, grief, danger, and tension.
This is a book in which the PCT is as much of a character as every
person Lankford writes about, and that balance makes it worthy
reading."--NPR
"Trail of the Lost is a unique contribution to both outdoor
literature and true crime.... Lankford details the cases of these
missing hikers without being voyeuristic or exploitative, instead
being mindful of the humanity of the people about whom she's
writing, as well as their loved ones, remembering that lives and
hearts are at stake."--Eastern Mountain Sports
"[A] riveting story, incredibly well-written and exhaustively
researched."--The Missing and Unexplained podcast
"A fascinating story.....this book will tear at your heartstrings,
but it will also keep you riveted along the way."--History Nerds
United
"The real science of searching in nature is the most
interesting--and disturbing--part of Lankford's account...She
writes openly about her search and rescue missions for NPS and how
she is still haunted by those that failed. People who weren't found
in time, or weren't found at all. She has faced families trying to
emotionally recalibrate from 'rescue' to 'recovery.' She makes us
care about the lost men through details of their lives before the
PCT, and the volunteers keeping the searches going."--The
Spectator
"A gut-wrenching and compelling investigation of long-distance
treks gone wrong."--Kirkus
"The book has a great pace, the chapters are well structured, and
there are black and white copies of the three mens' missing
posters. Lankford expertly switches between explaining search and
hiking techniques and gives us insight into the people conducting
such searches."--Defrosting Cold Cases
"Summer is a great time for adventures, even the armchair kind!
Andrea Lankford's Trail of the Lost is perfect for this kind of
read."--American Scientist
"A gripping real-life mystery."--Publishers Weekly
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