From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands
An Audubon Naturalist Reader
Published on 17. March 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-8018-6531-2 (ISBN)
Description
From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands offers the first collection of nature writing to focus specifically on the attractions of the central Atlantic region. The selections draw on all the outdoor experiences that have brought people closer to the land: exploration, science, travel, country life, conservation, hunting, fishing. Here are Walt Whitman's musings on bird migrations at midnight; John Lederer's account of the first recorded expedition, with native guides, to the summit of the Blue Ridge mountains; Pendleton Kennedy's reflections on a nineteenth-century fishing trip to Blackwater River; and Tom Horton on serious dangers the Potomac continues to face. From the awe and wonder of the first explorers to cries for conservation from contemporary writers, From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands gathers examples of our changing views of the natural world and the values we place upon it.
Reviews / Votes
The 436-page book has something for everyone-birders, hikers, hunters, green activists, and local historians included... A handy introduction to some of the genre's luminaries-... Rachel Carson, Annie Dillard, Roger Tory Peterson, John Burroughs, Tom Horton, William Warner... If you're a local outdoors lover, you can't help but take pride in knowing that these nature-writing aces have done some of their finest reporting on this region... Read their selections and you'll not only be entertained, you'll have a clearer idea of the natural assets of this region-how they've been savored and squandered and rejuvenated and protected. -- Kevin McManus Washington Post This region of ours is a jewel. If there be any doubt, read these authors. Their voices will fuel not only many future journeys but also explorations of the mind... The readings brim with lyrical prose and memorable lines. -- Stan Shetler Audubon Naturalist News An extraordinary book that looks through time and space-and through changing perceptions-at the nature of the mid-Atlantic region... The book makes accessible a tremendous and eclectic range of fine regional writing-not only selections from lesser-known authors, but also lesser-known pieces of the many famous writers included. Baltimore SunMore details
Edition
Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baltimore, MD
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
19 s/w Abbildungen
19 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 144 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
621 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8018-6531-2 (9780801865312)
DOI
10.56021/9780801853845
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J. Kent Minichiello | Anthony W. White
From Blue Ridge to Barrier Islands
An Audubon Naturalist Reader
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10/1996
Johns Hopkins University Press
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Persons
J. Kent Minichiello, a retired professor of mathematics, directs the Natural History Field Studies Program, a joint project of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Graduate School and the Audubon Naturalist Society. Anthony W. White is a retired naval officer and former president of both the Maryland Ornithological Society and the Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States.
Content
Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Design for Nature Writing
Chapter 3. A Map of Virginia
Chapter 4. The First Bison! The Last Bison!
Chapter 5. The First Expedition to the Blue Ridge Mountains
Chapter 6. The Natural History of the New World - Three Views
Chapter 7. Notes on the State of Virginia
Chapter 8. Ant-Hill Town
Chapter 9. Annalostan Island and The Great Falls of the Potomac
Chapter 10. Views of the Blue Ridge and the Shenandoah Valley
Chapter 11. The Blackwater Chronicle
Chapter 12. Crossing the Cumberland Mountains
Chapter 13. Spring at the Capital
Chapter 14. The White House by Moonlight, Birds Migrating at Midnight, and By Broad Potomac's Shore
Chapter 15. Pine Woods
Chapter 16. Picturesque America: The Chickahominy and Weyer's Cave
Chapter 17. Where Now Will You Look For Birds? And Avifauna Columbiana
Chapter 18. Season of "Eclipse" in Zoo Fuck Pond and Our Doorstep Sparrow
Chapter 19. Cobb's Island
Chapter 20. The Life Worth Living
Chapter 21. Outdoors and Indoors
Chapter 22. A Trip to the Dismal Swamp
Chapter 23. Birds and Magnolia Bogs
Chapter 24. Color in Virginia and The National Forests
Chapter 25. Revels Island
Chapter 26. Fernald's Ecstasy! Fernald's Chagrin!
Chapter 27. The Barbarians
Chapter 28. Flood Tide and Chincoteague: A National Wildlife Refuge
Chapter 29. Spring in Washington
Chapter 30. The Chesapeake Marshes
Chapter 31. May at Monticello
Chapter 32. C&O Canal
Chapter 33. City in the Woods
Chapter 34. Fire Tower
Chapter 35. Down the Coast to Assateague
Chapter 36. Heaven and Earth in Jest and The Present
Chapter 37. The Search for Betula Uber
Chapter 38. Beautiful Swimmer
Chapter 39. Barrier Island Birds
Chapter 40. The Passion of Eels and Potomac: The Nation's Sewage Plant
Chapter 41. Then and Now: Thirty-Five Years in Suburbia
Chapter 42. Make Room and They Will Come and Leaving Earth to Save It
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Index
Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Design for Nature Writing
Chapter 3. A Map of Virginia
Chapter 4. The First Bison! The Last Bison!
Chapter 5. The First Expedition to the Blue Ridge Mountains
Chapter 6. The Natural History of the New World - Three Views
Chapter 7. Notes on the State of Virginia
Chapter 8. Ant-Hill Town
Chapter 9. Annalostan Island and The Great Falls of the Potomac
Chapter 10. Views of the Blue Ridge and the Shenandoah Valley
Chapter 11. The Blackwater Chronicle
Chapter 12. Crossing the Cumberland Mountains
Chapter 13. Spring at the Capital
Chapter 14. The White House by Moonlight, Birds Migrating at Midnight, and By Broad Potomac's Shore
Chapter 15. Pine Woods
Chapter 16. Picturesque America: The Chickahominy and Weyer's Cave
Chapter 17. Where Now Will You Look For Birds? And Avifauna Columbiana
Chapter 18. Season of "Eclipse" in Zoo Fuck Pond and Our Doorstep Sparrow
Chapter 19. Cobb's Island
Chapter 20. The Life Worth Living
Chapter 21. Outdoors and Indoors
Chapter 22. A Trip to the Dismal Swamp
Chapter 23. Birds and Magnolia Bogs
Chapter 24. Color in Virginia and The National Forests
Chapter 25. Revels Island
Chapter 26. Fernald's Ecstasy! Fernald's Chagrin!
Chapter 27. The Barbarians
Chapter 28. Flood Tide and Chincoteague: A National Wildlife Refuge
Chapter 29. Spring in Washington
Chapter 30. The Chesapeake Marshes
Chapter 31. May at Monticello
Chapter 32. C&O Canal
Chapter 33. City in the Woods
Chapter 34. Fire Tower
Chapter 35. Down the Coast to Assateague
Chapter 36. Heaven and Earth in Jest and The Present
Chapter 37. The Search for Betula Uber
Chapter 38. Beautiful Swimmer
Chapter 39. Barrier Island Birds
Chapter 40. The Passion of Eels and Potomac: The Nation's Sewage Plant
Chapter 41. Then and Now: Thirty-Five Years in Suburbia
Chapter 42. Make Room and They Will Come and Leaving Earth to Save It
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Index