Author: Lance Holland
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439670773
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
Most everyone who comes to western North Carolina has heard of the Nantahala, but few know its history. Long before it was a mecca for rafters and thrill seekers, it was traveled by naturalists and explorers from William Bartram to John C. Frémont. After the Cherokees were driven out, settlers arrived and began exporting the wealth of the mountains in the form of timber, talc and minerals. Tourists arrived on the Western Turnpike soon after, and the railroad brought more around 1890. The federal government began purchasing land for the new Nantahala National Forest, and the need for aluminum to fight World War II precipitated the construction of Fontana Lake and Nantahala Lake. Local author Lance Holland has crafted an enlightening and entertaining narrative history of this unique region.
The Nantahala River
North Carolina Waterfalls
Author: Kevin Adams
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895876539
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
250 of the best waterfalls found in North Carolina with full descriptions, comprehensive directions, and four-color photographs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780895876539
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 492
Book Description
250 of the best waterfalls found in North Carolina with full descriptions, comprehensive directions, and four-color photographs.
Quill Gordon
Author: John McDonald
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher: Random House Trade
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Trout Magic
Author: Robert Traver
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671661949
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
There's enough trout magic to rub off on every reader--man, woman, or child.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671661949
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
There's enough trout magic to rub off on every reader--man, woman, or child.
Trout Unlimited's Guide to America's 100 Best Trout Streams, Updated and Revised
Author: John Ross
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493004425
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Thoroughly revised, with more than thirty new streams and up-to-date maps, this is the best guide to the best trout fishing in America.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493004425
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
Thoroughly revised, with more than thirty new streams and up-to-date maps, this is the best guide to the best trout fishing in America.
River Rescue
Author: Les Bechdel
Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club
ISBN: 9781878239556
Category : Rafting (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised new 1997 edition gives expert advice on all aspects of river safety, covers latest gear and methods, and contains expanded material on big-water rescue -- the essential manual for every fast-water paddler.
Publisher: Appalachian Mountain Club
ISBN: 9781878239556
Category : Rafting (Sports)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised new 1997 edition gives expert advice on all aspects of river safety, covers latest gear and methods, and contains expanded material on big-water rescue -- the essential manual for every fast-water paddler.
Whitewater Tales of Terror
Author: William Nealy
Publisher: Clerisy Press
ISBN: 9780897320245
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This best-seller is an outrageous, irreverent collection of cartoons, epic adventures, unusual new outdoor products, and unsolicited advice.
Publisher: Clerisy Press
ISBN: 9780897320245
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This best-seller is an outrageous, irreverent collection of cartoons, epic adventures, unusual new outdoor products, and unsolicited advice.
The Complete Whitewater Rafter
Author: Jeff Bennett
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780070055056
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
How the experts do it.
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN: 9780070055056
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
How the experts do it.
A Road Running Southward
Author: Dan Chapman
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, from Kentucky to Florida. One hundred and fifty years later, veteran Atlanta reporter Dan Chapman recreated Muir's journey to see for himself how nature has fared since Muir's time. He uses humor, keen observation, and a deep love of place to celebrate the South's natural riches. But he laments the long-simmering struggles over misused resources and seeks to discover how Southerners might balance surging population growth with protecting the natural beauty Muir found so special. A Road Running Southward is part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur--a passionate appeal to save one of the loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world by understanding what we have to lose if we do nothing.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 1642831948
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
"Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, from Kentucky to Florida. One hundred and fifty years later, veteran Atlanta reporter Dan Chapman recreated Muir's journey to see for himself how nature has fared since Muir's time. He uses humor, keen observation, and a deep love of place to celebrate the South's natural riches. But he laments the long-simmering struggles over misused resources and seeks to discover how Southerners might balance surging population growth with protecting the natural beauty Muir found so special. A Road Running Southward is part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur--a passionate appeal to save one of the loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world by understanding what we have to lose if we do nothing.
Outbound Train
Author: Renea Winchester
Publisher: Firefly Southern Fiction
ISBN: 9781645262411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In 1976, memories from a night near the railroad tracks sixteen years earlier haunt Barbara Parker. She wrestles with past demons every night, then wakes to the train's five-thirty whistle. Exhausted and dreading the day, she keeps her hands busy working in Bryson City's textile plant, known as the "blue jean plant," all the while worrying about her teenage daughter, Carole Anne. The whistle of the train, the hum of those machines, and the struggle to survive drives Barbara. When an unexpected layoff creates a financial emergency, the desperate pressure of poverty is overwhelming. Unbeknownst to Barbara, Carole Anne sneaks out at night to walk the tracks so she can work at Hubert's Bar. She's hoarding money with plans to drive her mother's rusty, unused Oldsmobile out of Bryson City, and never return. She only needs one opportunity ... if she can just find it. When Carole Anne goes missing, Barbara finds herself at a crossroad--she must put aside old memories and past hurts to rely on a classmate for help finding her daughter. But this is the same man she blames for the incident years ago. Is she strong enough--or desperate enough--to do anything to keep her daughter safe? In Outbound Train, the Parker women struggle to make frayed ends meet in a town where they never quite do ... at least, not without expert weaving and a bit of brute force.
Publisher: Firefly Southern Fiction
ISBN: 9781645262411
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
In 1976, memories from a night near the railroad tracks sixteen years earlier haunt Barbara Parker. She wrestles with past demons every night, then wakes to the train's five-thirty whistle. Exhausted and dreading the day, she keeps her hands busy working in Bryson City's textile plant, known as the "blue jean plant," all the while worrying about her teenage daughter, Carole Anne. The whistle of the train, the hum of those machines, and the struggle to survive drives Barbara. When an unexpected layoff creates a financial emergency, the desperate pressure of poverty is overwhelming. Unbeknownst to Barbara, Carole Anne sneaks out at night to walk the tracks so she can work at Hubert's Bar. She's hoarding money with plans to drive her mother's rusty, unused Oldsmobile out of Bryson City, and never return. She only needs one opportunity ... if she can just find it. When Carole Anne goes missing, Barbara finds herself at a crossroad--she must put aside old memories and past hurts to rely on a classmate for help finding her daughter. But this is the same man she blames for the incident years ago. Is she strong enough--or desperate enough--to do anything to keep her daughter safe? In Outbound Train, the Parker women struggle to make frayed ends meet in a town where they never quite do ... at least, not without expert weaving and a bit of brute force.