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For fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National
Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic
history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative,
she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics
and memories a few thousand families left behind when the
government used eminent domain to kick the residents off their land
to create the park. With historic maps and notes from hikers who explored before
her, Eisenfeld and her husband hike, backpack, and bushwhack the
hills and the hollows of this beloved but misbegotten place,
searching for stories. Descendants recount memories of their
ancestors "grieving themselves to death," and they continue to
speak of their people's displacement from the land as an untold
national tragedy. "Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal" is
Eisenfeld's personal journey into the park's hidden past based on
her off-trail explorations. She describes the turmoil of residents'
removal as well as the human face of the government officials
behind the formation of the park. In this conflict between
conservation for the benefit of a nation and private land
ownership, she explores her own complicated personal relationship
with the park--a relationship she would not have without the
heartbreak of the thousands of people removed from their
homes.
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