Natural Histories - Stories from the Tennessee Valley

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Lyn Bales, now retired, was a naturalist at Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is also the author of Ephemeral by Nature: Exploring the Exceptional with a Tennessee Naturalist and Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner the Quest for the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, 1935-1941 . Klappentext Accompanied by the author's striking line drawings, each chapter in Natural Histories showcases a particular animal or plant and each narrative begins or ends in, or passes through the Tennessee Valley. Along the way, historical episodes both familiar and obscure-the de Soto explorations, the saga of the Lost State of Franklin, the devastation of the Trail of Tears, and the planting of a "Moon Tree" at Sycamore Shoals in Elizabethton-are brought vividly to life. Bales also highlights the work of present-day environmentalists and scientists such as the dedicated staffers of the Tennessee-based American Eagle Foundation, whose efforts have helped save the endangered raptors and reintroduce them to the wild.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Bales, Stephen Lyn Bales, Stephen Lyn/ Venable Bales
• Publisher: Univeristy of Tennessee Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.04.2007
• EAN: 9781572335615
• ISBN: 978-1-57233-561-5
• No. of pages: 261
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Outdoor Tennessee; Outdoor Tennessee
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Tierwelt: Sachbuch, Nature, USA Süden, South Atlantic States, HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV), NATURE / Animals / Wildlife