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The Height of Our Mountains: Nature Writing from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley
Beginning with Captain John Smith's eager gaze westward in search of gold and ending with contemporary essayist John Daniel's transformative gaze inward in search of wilderness, The Height of Our Mountains collects the work of seventy of the nation's finest writers on nature since 1607. The book also includes a critical introduction to the character and form of nature writing, the concepts of place and bioregionalism, and the literary natural history of the Blue Ridge region, as well as detailed notes to the selections and an extensive bibliographical essay. Beautifully illustrated with historical paintings, drawings, engravings, and maps, The Height of Our Mountains will prove a lasting treasure to readers, scholars, and travelers alike.
Book Details
- Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
- Publish Date: Apr 1st, 1998
- Pages: 456
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 9.14in - 5.96in - 1.12in - 1.50lb
- EAN: 9780801856914
- Categories: • Essays• Ecosystems & Habitats - Mountains• Regional
About the Author
Branch, Michael P.: - Michael P. Branch is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Philippon, Daniel J.: - Daniel J. Philippon is a Ph.D. candidate in the English at the University of Virginia.
Praise for this book
A strong sense of place is evoked in this impressive anthology of nature writing from the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah Valley. Seventy selections drawn from four centuries of writing include excerpts from letters, travel journals, diaries, novels, speeches, government reports, and personal essays that explore the interaction between humans and the natural world.
--Library Journal
--Library Journal
All Virginia outdoor enthusiasts have visited the Blue Ridge, and all of them with a taste for reading will want to own The Height of Our Mountains.
--Old Dominion Sierran
--Old Dominion Sierran
With its mixture of fiction, personal, and scientific writing, the book has something for everyone . . . From colonization to contemporary times, the list of writers represented (70 in all) is both impressive and surprising, including Jefferson's former slave Isaac, James Audobon, Walt Whitman, Willa Cather, Ellen Glasgow, and Annie Dillard.
--Blue Ridge Outdoors
--Blue Ridge Outdoors
A model of regional nature-writing anthologies.
--Virginia Quarterly Review
--Virginia Quarterly Review