By John Leland
ISBN-10: 1570039135
ISBN-13: 9781570039133
Spanning a few 200 miles throughout the Blue Ridge and Allegheny mountains in western Virginia, the Shenandoah Valley is the prehistoric domestic of mastodons and giants sloths, the positioning of a storied Civil battle crusade, and now a well-liked vacation spot for outside adventures on hand underneath the oaks, chestnuts, hickories, maples, and centuries-old cedars. Leland bargains trained views at the valley's wealthy background, drawing from geology, biology, paleontology, climatology, and army and social background to give a compelling appreciation for the region's significance from prehistory to the current and to map the impression of humanity and nature on each other inside of this panorama.
Leland's essays are grounded in recognizable landmarks together with residence Mountain, Massanutten Mountain, Maury River, Whistle Creek, Harpers Ferry, and scholar Rock. even if he's chronicling the eu origins of the valley's so-called American boxwoods, commenting at the nineteenth-century fascination with sassafras, or recalling his son's first reactions to the usual Bridge of Virginia and its ncompassing vacationer advancements, Leland makes use of willing insights, adroit study, and considerate literary and ancient allusions to carry the "Big Valley" vibrantly to lifestyles. An amiable and comprehensive journey consultant, Leland conveniently stocks all he has realized in his years one of the woods, waters, and natural world of the Shenandoah. however the center of his narrative transcends the valley and invitations readers to discover their very own websites of event and mirrored image, to revisit the wonders and mysteries to be present in their very own backyards as an opportunity to, within the phrases of Henry David Thoreau, "live like a traveller at home."
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