Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia

by Steven Stoll

Book Overview

Short-listed for the Phi Beta Kappa Ralph Waldo Emerson Book Award

In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, and why it matters. He begins with the earliest European settlers, whose desire for vast forests to hunt in was frustrated by absentee owners--including George Washington and other founders--who laid claim to the region. Even as Daniel Boone became famous as a backwoods hunter and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080909505X
• ISBN13: 9780809095056
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Hill & Wang
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"