Mockingbird Song: Ecological Landscapes of the South

by Jack Temple Kirby

Book Overview

The American South is generally warmer, wetter, weedier, snakier, and more insect infested and disease prone than other regions of the country. It is alluring to the scientifically and poetically minded alike. With Mockingbird Song, Jack Temple Kirby offers a personal and passionate recounting of the centuries-old human-nature relationship in the South. Exhibiting violent cycles of growth, abandonment, dereliction, resettlement, and reconfiguration,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807859222
• ISBN13: 9780807859223
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"