02552nam 22005173u 450 991081988210332120230120103400.01-64283-195-6(CKB)4900000000575706EBL29052888(OCoLC)1295280859(AU-PeEL)EBL29052888(MiAaPQ)EBC29052888(Au-PeEL)EBL29052888(EXLCZ)99490000000057570620220606d2022|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA Road Running Southward Following John Muir's Journey Through an Endangered Land1st ed.Island Press20221 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-64283-194-8 "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.Road Running SouthwardTravelSouthern StatesMuir, John, 1838-1914Southern StatesDescription and travelSouthern StatesEnvironmental conditionsTravel.Southern States.Muir, John, 1838-1914.304.20975Chapman Dan1718825AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910819882103321A Road Running Southward4116097UNINA