A road running southward : following John Muir's journey through an endangered land / Dan Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Dan (Journalist), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muir, John, 1838-1914.

Muir, John.

Human ecology--Southern States.

Human ecology.

Natural history--Southern States.

Natural history.

Southern States--Description and travel.

Southern States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (258 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Chapman describes this book as a journey he takes through the South, following John Muir's little-known southern trek in 1867, "to highlight the environmental issues bedeviling the South today." He follows Muir's route through Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Each chapter touches upon a local ecological problem-at-risk species at Mammoth Cave, coal ash in Kingston, Tenn., climate change in the Nantahala, water shortages in Georgia, aquifer depletion in Florida-that resonates across the South. He delves into the ecological history of each region and in "reader-friendly fashion" details its environmental problems and possible solutions. He adds lots of local color and talks to real people as well as scientists. He describes it as part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur. His goal, he says, is to paint a picture of a South under siege whose ecological ills must be addressed. He sees the book not as a polemic but as a call to action to save one of the "loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world.""-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction: Ghosts, skeeters, and rye : Savannah, Georgia

Who is John Muir? : Atlanta, Georgia

A new South reckoning : Louisville, Kentucky

The South's incredible biodiversity is threatened and endangered : Cave City, Kentucky

A celebration of Muir turns toxic : Kingston, Tennessee

"The mountains are calling"

and they're not happy : Coker Creek, Tennessee

More rain, more heat, and more trouble : Boone, North Carolina

Water wars : Suches, Georgia

The deeper the river, the greater the pain : Augusta, Georgia

A coastal playground is disappearing : Tybee Island, Georgia

Where hogs rule and turtles tremble : Ossabaw Island, Georgia

Take my water, please : High Springs, Florida

The end of the road : Cedar Key, Florida.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-64283-195-6

OCLC:

1295280859