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John E. Ross - Through the Mountains, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

Through the Mountains

The French Broad River and Time

Av John E. Ross

266 kr

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In Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time, John E. Ross updates Wilma Dykeman's seminal environmental history The French Broad, published in 1955. Since then, geologists have learned that the Great Smokies are not among the world's oldest mountains, climatologists and archaeologists have traced the dramatic effects of global warming and cooling on flora and fauna nurturing human habitation in the watershed, and historians have deepened understanding of how enslaved peoples lived and worked on the lands along the French Broad.The devastating passage of Hurricane Helene over the French Broad watershed in October 2024 was directly responsible for 125 deaths, thousands of injuries, and property damage worth billions of dollars, much of it in North Carolina. The village of Chimney Rock was all but washed away. Ugly, reddish-orange floodwaters lapped at second-story windows as they raged through downtown Marshall. In this new edition of Through the Mountains, Ross shows how floods and landslides from hurricanes in 1916, 2004, and 2024 remind us of the fragility of our beautiful Southern Appalachians and their bucolic river valleys.Ross also documents how industrialists polluted the river, and how MountainTrue, RiverLink, and other environmental nonprofits are cleaning up the mess. Readers will find themselves yearning to visit secret places such as the mound just inside the Biltmore Estate, where Native Americans celebrated solstices fifteen hundred years ago, and the Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, where the US once eavesdropped on Russian satellites. Through it all, Ross shows us how the natural environment crafts the lands and waters we so enjoy.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-11-30
  • Mått: 152 x 229 x undefined mm
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 294
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: University of Tennessee Press
  • ISBN: 9798895274491
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John E. Ross, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, is the author of more than a dozen books exploring the interaction of humans with the natural world. His latest, Beyond the Blue Horizon: Virgina's Great Valley and Ridges, will be published by the University of Virginia Press.

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"John Ross has given us a valued lens to the meandering lifespan of one of our storied rivers, embraced by the ancient Appalachian Mountains. It is a welcome contemporary companion to Wilma Dykeman's iconic The French Broad in weaving the interconnectivity of land, water, and unfolding human habitation. In a larger sense, Through the Mountains is a universal chronicle of the abiding promise and peril of our nation's vast network of rivers."—Dr. Doug Orr, coauthor, Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia, coeditor, The North Carolina Atlas: Portrait for a New Century"Through the Mountains gives us fresh perspectives on the natural and cultural history of the French Broad River watershed in western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. As John Ross leads us through centuries of human habitation in the watershed, a clear theme emerges: the ongoing tension between economic development and environmental preservation, and the need for humankind to discover—or reclaim—sustainable ways of living within our natural world."—Jim Stokely, son of Wilma Dykeman, author of The French Broad, published as part of the Rivers of America Series by Rinehart in 1955 and subsequently by the University of Tennessee Press"John Ross has produced a fascinating and well-documented book incorporating current trends and research with a view to the past and the future of the French Broad watershed. Along with Wilma Dykeman's 1955 book on the French Broad, Through the Mountains … is a must read for those of us who live in and love this region."—Jefferson Chapman, Director Emeritus, McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture"Now, for the first time, I know where I live!"—Tom Garden, Western North Carolina resident of fifty years, Asheville, North Carolina

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