Ghosts of an Old Forest: Essays on Midwestern Rural Heritage

by Deborah Fleming

In the Ohio counties of the Alleghany Plateau, 19th-century barns hewn from old-growth wood rest near remnant forests, reminders of the state's deep agricultural roots and rich ecological past. Through fourteen linked, meditative essays, Deborah Fleming, author of the award-winning Resurrection of the Wild: Meditations on Ohio's Natural Landscape, persuasively and passionately argues for protecting these vestiges of the region's natural and rural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1606354930
• ISBN13: 9781606354933
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Kent State University Press
• Length: 168 Pages