The wild East : a biography of the Great Smoky Mountains / Margaret Lynn Brown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brown, Margaret Lynn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.).

Human ecology.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)--History.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.).

Great Smoky Mountains National Park (N.C. and Tenn.)--Environmental conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (491 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, 2024.

Summary:

The Wild East explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This revised edition is updated with information about new research and initiatives that are restoring native plants and wildlife populations in the twenty-first century.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface to the 2024 Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Mountains of Story

1. Forest Economies

2. A Lumberman’s Dream

3. Scenery in the Eminent Domain

4. Landscaping a Park out of the Wilderness

5. A Lake in the National Defense

6. Drive-in Wilderness

7. Bearly Managing Tourons

8. Still Not a Wilderness

9. In Search of the Wild East

10. Global Threats, Local Conspiracy Theories

Epilogue to the 2024 Edition

Notes

Bibliography

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ISBN:

0-8130-7354-5

OCLC:

1455135948