Author: H. N. BeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tidewater (Va. : Region)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Historical Tidewater Virginia, White Marsh
Author: H. N. BeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tidewater (Va. : Region)
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Historic Tidewater Virginia, White Marsh Plantation
Author: H. N. BeeHistoric Gardens of Virginia
Author: James River Garden ClubPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gardens
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
The History of Lower Tidewater Virginia
Author: Rogers Dey WhichardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publications of the Virginia War History Commission
Author: Virginia War History CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 784
Book Description
Explorer's Guide Virginia Beach, Richmond and Tidewater Virginia
Author: Renee WrightPublisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581571062
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
Highlighted by photographs and useful maps, these readable travel guides offer insider information from local authors about diverse regions of America for weekend travelers and explorers alike, featuring helpful tips on dining accommodations and lodgings, transportation, shopping, recreational activities, landmarks, cultural opportunities and more.
America's Wetland
Author: Roy T. SawyerPublisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 9780813929217
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
The geologically ancient Tidewater region of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina rests precariously atop millions of years of erosion from the nearby Appalachian Mountains. An immense wetland at near sea level, it is host to every conceivable body of fresh water, ranging from brooding swamps and large hidden lakes to sluggish blackwater rivers and brackish sounds (one of which was so large an early explorer thought he had found the Pacific Ocean). In this engaging book, biologist and Tidewater native Roy T. Sawyer delivers an ecohistory of this unique waterland whose wind-driven tides cover a rich human and natural past. Jutting prominently into the Atlantic, this wetland is the final stop for the warmth of the Gulf Stream before it is deflected from the American mainland. At the top of a narrow, warm coastal strip, it provides an ideal home for a vast array of animal and plant life, including prodigious numbers of reptiles (such as the world’s northernmost population of alligators) and overwintering waterfowl. It is also home to the oldest known living trees east of the Rocky Mountains. The climate and geography made the area a natural choice for very early human habitation--as far back as the last ice age, when the region was a rich oasis just south of a veritable tundra. In examining the impact of humans upon this environment, and vice-versa, Sawyer reveals how our alarming shortsightedness has produced a fragile and endangered present. Although human manipulation started here as early as ten thousand years ago (coinciding with extinction of mammoths and other megafauna), the environment has been altered most radically over only the last one hundred years, particularly in regard to land drainage, deforestation, overfishing, and pollution. The author provides an authoritative overview of the human impact on these wetlands and suggests ways in which we might still salvage them. In so doing, he explores the effects of hurricanes, droughts, forest fires, and ice ages of the past--and anticipates, in this age of global warming, natural events that may be still to come.
Virginia, "the Beckoning Land".
Author: Explorer's Guide Virginia Beach, Richmond and Tidewater Virginia: Includes Williamsburg, Norfolk, and Jamestown: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)
Author: Renee WrightPublisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581579039
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The definitive, comprehensive guide to Virginia Beach, Richmond and surrounding areas, with hundreds of lodging, dining, and recreational recommendations. Explore this vital region—Virginia Beach and Richmond, the state capitol. Author Renee Wright offers extensive coverage of Colonial Williamsburg, historic James-town, and Norfolk, home to the great Atlantic Fleet. Includes special sections on Civil War battlefields, maritime history, Hampton Roads’ quadricentennial, and bird-watching opportunities in the region.
Publications of the Virginia War History Commission: Virginia communities in war time
Author: Virginia War History CommissionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages : 778
Book Description