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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810520103321

Titolo

"Answer at once" : letters of mountain families in Shenandoah National Park, 1934-1938 / / edited by Katrina M. Powell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2009

ISBN

1-280-48999-5

9786613585226

0-8139-2890-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

PowellKatrina M. <1976->

Disciplina

305.90691409

Soggetti

Mountain people - Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)

Mountain people - Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) - History - 20th century

Internally displaced persons - Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) - History - 20th century

Mountain life - Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)

Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) History 20th century Sources

Shenandoah National Park (Va.) History Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Processes of Displacement and the Development of Shenandoah National Park  during 1930's America -- 1934 Removing Materials, Collecting Wood, and  Requesting Assistance -- 1935 Requesting Buildings, Harvesting Crops, and  Extending Permits -- 1936 Resolving Disputes and Demanding Park  Officials' Responsibility -- 1937 Defending Honor -- 1938 Maintaining Daily Life -- Epilogue: Remaining Concerns and Revising Eminent  Domain Laws.

Sommario/riassunto

Supplementing the letters are introductory text, photographs, annotation, and oral histories that further document the lives of these individuals.