How to Write a Book About the Outdoors – With Danny Bernstein

In this episode, host Landis Wade has a conversation with author Danny Bernstein, drawing on her experience as a lover of nature and writer about the outdoors, about how to write a book about the outdoors.

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Danny Bernstein is a hiker, hike leader, and outdoor writer. She’s been a committed hiker since her early twenties, having completed the Appalachian Trail, all the trails in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the South beyond 6000 peaks, the Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina and three Caminos de Santiago. She currently leads hikes for Carolina Mountain Club, Friends of the Smokies and the Asheville Camino group.

She’s written two Southern Appalachian hiking guides, The Mountains-to-Sea Trail across North Carolina, and Forests, Alligators, Battlefields: My Journey through the National Parks of the South to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service. Her latest book, DuPont Forest: A History, was published in September 2020 by The History Press.