"From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands" offers the first
collection of nature writing to focus specifically on the
attractions of the central Atlantic region. The selections draw on
all the outdoor experiences that have brought people closer to the
land: exploration, science, travel, country life, conservation,
hunting, fishing. Here are Walt Whitman's musings on bird
migrations at midnight; John Lederer's account of the first
recorded expedition, with native guides, to the summit of the Blue
Ridge mountains; Pendleton Kennedy's reflections on a
nineteenth-century fishing trip to Blackwater River; and Tom Horton
on serious dangers the Potomac continues to face. From the awe and
wonder of the first explorers to cries for conservation from
contemporary writers, "From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands" gathers
examples of our changing views of the natural world and the values
we place upon it.
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