Charleston County Public Library

Trail of the lost, the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail, Andrea Lankford

Label
Trail of the lost, the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail, Andrea Lankford
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327)
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsmapsplates
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Trail of the lost
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1394019605
Responsibility statement
Andrea Lankford
Sub title
the relentless search to bring home the missing hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Summary
"From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author's quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies"--, Provided by publisher"As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful (and dangerous) landscapes across America, from Yosemite to the Grand Canyon. But though she had the support of the agency, Andrea grew frustrated with the service's bureaucratic idiosyncrasies, and left the force after twelve years. Two decades later, however, she stumbles across a mystery that pulls her right back where she left off: three young men have vanished from the Pacific Crest Trail, the 2,650-mile trek made famous by Cheryl Strayed's Wild, and no one has been able to find them. It’ s bugging the hell out of her. Andrea’ s concern soon leads her to a wild environment unlike any she’ s ever encountered: missing person Facebook groups. Andrea launches an investigation, joining forces with an eclectic team of amateurs who are determined to solve the cases by land and by screen: a mother of the missing, a retired pharmacy manager, and a mapmaker who monitors terrorist activity for the government. Together, they track the activities of kidnappers and murderers, investigate a cult, rescue a psychic in peril, cross paths with an unconventional scientist, and reunite an international fugitive with his family. Searching for the missing is a brutal psychological and physical test with the highest stakes, but eventually their hardships begin to bear strange fruits— ones that lead them to places and people they never saw coming." -- inside front jacket flap
Target audience
adult
Classification
Mapped to

Incoming Resources