The Changing Blue Ridge Mountains: Essays on Journeys Past and Present

by Brent Martin

Book Overview

In the eighteenth century, naturalist and artist William Bartram traveled in the Blue Ridge Mountains and spent time documenting both plant life and the customs of the Middle Town Cherokees. Since that time, men and women like Bartram have journeyed through Western North Carolina's wildest and most remote places and written about their experiences. The essays in this volume compare the present day to those historical journeys and explore the idea...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467142646
• ISBN13: 9781467142649
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"