High Vistas:: An Anthology of Nature Writing from Western North Carolina & the Great Smoky Mountains, Vol. I, 1674-1900

by George Ellison

Book Overview

High Vistas" is the first anthology devoted to nature writings on Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains. Each selection features a biographical essay introducing each author from celebrated naturalists John Muir and William Bartram to lesser-known writers whose words deserve to be heard and reveals how he or she went about exploring and depicting the region. Searching for rare wildflowers and elusive birds, scaling vertical cliffs,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596293551
• ISBN13: 9781596293557
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.7"