High vistas
Subtitle: an anthology of nature writing from western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains
By: edited by George Ellison.
Contributors: Ellison, George, 1941-
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781596293557
Subjects: Natural history -- North Carolina; Natural history -- Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.); North Carolina -- Description and travel; Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- Description and travel; North Carolina -- History, Local; Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.) -- History, Local
Description: "High Vistas is the first anthology devoted to nature writings on Western North Carolina and the Great Smoky Mountains. Each selection features a biographical essay introducing each author from celebrated naturalists John Muir and William Bartram to lesser-known writers whose words deserve to be heard and reveals how he or she went about exploring and depicting the region. Searching for rare wildflowers and elusive birds, scaling vertical cliffs, experimenting with medicinal plants, exploring a vast cavern, enduring horrific thunderstorms and encountering timber wolves, panthers, black bears and giant rattlesnakes are just some of the adventures that unfold in these pages."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. 1674-1900.