Mount Mitchell and the Black Mountains
Subtitle: an environmental history of the highest peaks in eastern America
By: Timothy Silver.
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chapel Hill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Mountain ecology -- North Carolina -- Mount Mitchell (Mountain) -- History.; Human ecology -- North Carolina -- Mount Mitchell (Mountain) -- History.; Mountain ecology -- North Carolina -- Black Mountains -- History.; Human ecology -- North Carolina -- Black Mountains -- History.; Mount Mitchell (N.C. : Mountain) -- Environmental conditions.; Black Mountains (N.C.) -- Environmental conditions.
Description: "Each year, thousands of tourists visit Mount Mitchell, the most prominent feature of North Carolina's Black Mountain range and the highest peak in the eastern United States. From Native Americans and early explorers to land speculators and conservationists, people have long been drawn to this rugged region. Timothy Silver explores the long and complicated history of the Black Mountains, drawing on both the historical record and his experience as a backpacker and fly fisherman.

He chronicles the geological and environmental forces that created this intriguing landscape, then traces its history of environmental change and human intervention from the days of Indian-European contact to today."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins; title: Footprints; title: Mitchell's mountain; title: Modernity; title: Government; title: Murphy's law.