Park Profiles: Blue Ridge Range [Paperback]

National Geographic Society (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1998 | Series: Park Profiles

Welcome to the ancient, rumpled realm of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Writer Ron Fisher and photographer Rik Cooke guide you through the gentle mountains that rise in a sky-wash haze from Pensylvania to northern Georgia. The New River, America's oldest stream, flows across the entire range while a 470-mile continuous span of skyline road leads from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Seven national forests harbor 130 species of trees and an astonishing diversity of mosses, fungi, flowering plants, and wildlife. Meet Cherokee Indians who continue the artistic traditions of their ancestors as well as descendants of European settlers who developed their own lasting heritage of folk crafts.

Product Details

• Paperback: 200 pages
• Publisher: National Geographic; 2nd edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0792273524
• ISBN-13: 978-0792273523
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 0.6 x 10 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,752,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An easy look at Blue Ridge flora, fauna and folk life, August 17, 2000

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Roger Edwards (Norman, OK United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Park Profiles: Blue Ridge Range (Paperback)

Ron Fisher wrote this "bookazine" in a very plain, homespun style which causes one to learn tons of information about people and places of the Blue Ridge without realizing it. There was too-scant mention of the region's physiography and natural history; however, once I got far enough inside to notice that, I was already sufficiently captivated by the tales of human history and folklore that the book was well worth finishing. Like Fisher, I cruised the Blue Ridge Parkway on a cool, misty weekday; and he captured the peaceful mood perfectly in his description of that jaunt. Whether from watching a Salem Buccaneers minor league game, interviewing Foxfire writers, or recording the tales of an elderly wood whittler, the hundreds of micro-stories of Blue Ridge folk life come out well done. Of course, as is the Geographic's gold standard, the photography is splendid. Any high school or college student writing about the Appalachian way of life must have this work in his reference list. And I strongly recommend this book for anyone planning a driving trip (off the interstates!) through western Virginia, western North Carolina, eastern Tennessee or far northern Georgia.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great with alot of awesome pictures, January 5, 2000

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Michael B. Holbert "PisgahMan" (Matthews, NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Park Profiles: Blue Ridge Range (Paperback)

I am from the Blue Ridge Mountains and I think this magazine was great. It has alot of information about the people, parks and places of the Blue Ridge. There are tons of pictures and suggestions of places to visit. READ IT!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected, December 4, 2008

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M. Evans (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Park Profiles: Blue Ridge Range (Paperback)

If your main interest is simply to see pictures it's a beautiful book. If you are looking for useful references about the park (trails, directions, maps etc.) this is not it. For reading and looking -- Not a useful reference book.