LEADER 02464nam 22004933u 450 001 9910795027603321 005 20230120103400.0 010 $a1-64283-195-6 035 $a(CKB)4900000000575706 035 $aEBL29052888 035 $a(OCoLC)1295280859 035 $a(AU-PeEL)EBL29052888 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC29052888 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL29052888 035 $a(EXLCZ)994900000000575706 100 $a20220606d2022|||| u|| | 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 12$aA Road Running Southward$b[electronic resource] $eFollowing John Muir's Journey Through an Endangered Land 205 $a1st ed. 210 $cIsland Press$d2022 215 $a1 online resource (258 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-64283-194-8 330 $a"Chapman describes this book as a journey he takes through the South, following John Muir's little-known southern trek in 1867, "to highlight the environmental issues bedeviling the South today." He follows Muir's route through Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Each chapter touches upon a local ecological problem-at-risk species at Mammoth Cave, coal ash in Kingston, Tenn., climate change in the Nantahala, water shortages in Georgia, aquifer depletion in Florida-that resonates across the South. He delves into the ecological history of each region and in "reader-friendly fashion" details its environmental problems and possible solutions. He adds lots of local color and talks to real people as well as scientists. He describes it as part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur. His goal, he says, is to paint a picture of a South under siege whose ecological ills must be addressed. He sees the book not as a polemic but as a call to action to save one of the "loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world.""--$cProvided by publisher. 517 $aRoad Running Southward 606 $aTravel 606 $aSouthern States 606 $aMuir, John, 1838-1914 615 0$aTravel. 615 0$aSouthern States. 615 0$aMuir, John, 1838-1914. 676 $a304.20975 700 $aChapman$b Dan$01475166 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910795027603321 996 $aA Road Running Southward$93689238 997 $aUNINA