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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
Online access
Online eBook. Access restricted to current Rider University students, faculty, and staff.
Instructions for reading/downloading the EBSCO version of this eBook
Item Status
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.
Local Note
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
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.
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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)