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Author Leland, John, 1950-

Title Learning the valley : excursions into the Shenandoah Valley / John Leland.

Publication Info. Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 134 pages :) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Sugar Creek -- Rock crystals -- The Shenandoah sea -- Caves -- Rock castles -- The Natural Bridge -- Stone walls -- Geological segregation -- Massanutten -- Forest communities -- Cedars -- Maple syrup -- Poison ivy -- Sassafras -- Briar patch -- Hedges -- Vegetable armature -- Mosquitoes -- Spring ephemerals -- Flying frass -- My Civil War -- Migration -- Running the river -- Hay bales -- Sexual swarms.
Summary Meanderings through a storied Virginia region with a look at its significance from prehistory to the present.
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Subject Leland, John, 1950- -- Travel -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Leland, John, 1950-
Travel.
Natural history -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Natural history.
Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Leland, John, 1950- Learning the valley. Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010 (DLC) 2010002602
ISBN 9781611172249 (electronic book)
1611172241 (electronic book)
1570039135 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781570039133 (cloth ; alkaline paper)