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The Great Smokies : from natural habitat to national park

text The Great Smokies : from natural habitat to national park

Summary
"In this book, Daniel S. Pierce examines land use in the Smokies over the centuries, describing the pageant of peoples who have inhabited these mountains and then focusing on the twentieth-century movement to create a national park." "Drawing on p... Read more
Contents
1. Evils Born of Super-Civilization -- 2. National Parks: "For Pleasure and Profit" -- 3. God-Fearing, Hustling, Successful, Two-Fisted, Regular Guys -- 4. "Mighty Undignified" Campaign -- 5. Battle to the Finish: Buying the Land -- 6. Barbarism o... Read more
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Description
xviii, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Publisher
University of Tennessee Press 2000

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 976 PIE in Adult Non-fiction Available

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