Blogging Wildlife: The Perception of Animals by Hikers on the Appalachian Trail - Paperback

by Kate Marx (Author)

This volume reports on the encounters between hikers and wildlife on The Appalachian Trail. Based on narratives provided by trail hikers, it explores the ways in which humans relate to the animals with whom they temporarily shared a home and the meaning constituted by non-human animals in the context of the walkers' narrative journeys.

Author Biography

Kate Marx was a postdoctoral research associate in the research group Exeter Anthrozoology as Symbiotic Ethics (EASE) at the University of Exeter, UK. She is currently Social Research Manager at Waterwise, a not-for-profit organisation which advocates for water conservation in the UK.