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Beginning with brief topographical and historical notes, these titles provide readers with state-by-state descriptions of what they'd see and experience along each popular hiking trail. A distracting design and bland writing style make these trail primers less engaging than they could be, but interested readers will find them useful. Color photographs appear throughout each volume. Bib., ind.