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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Eisenfeld writes about Shenandoah the way Annie Proulx writes about Wyoming or Edward Abbey about the deserts of the Southwest: pristine, unsentimental, eloquent prose."—
Kirkus"Anyone with an interest in national parks or the history of the state of Virginia or travelers to Shenandoah or Skyline Drive will appreciate this book."—Rachel Owens,
Library Journal"[
Shenandoah is a] richly textured look at the human drama of creating one of the jewels of the national park system."—Rachel Jagareski,
Foreword Reviews"
Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal . . . beautifully captures the mountain people and the official vendetta that made them refugees from their own land."—James Bovard,
Washington Times “
Shenandoah is a beautifully written portrait of a history-haunted landscape: wistful, wild, and enchanting, like the best of autumn hikes through Shenandoah National Park.”—Tony Horwitz, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author of
Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War“The juxtaposition of delight with the land and the haunting of Shenandoah’s history is beautifully written, giving us the feel of the park and the lure of knowing its past.”—Katrina M. Powell, author of
The Anguish of Displacement: The Politics of Literacy in the Letters of Mountain Families in Shenandoah National Park Table of ContentsAuthor’s Note
Prologue
All Souls’ Day
A Cabin in the Woods
Bushwhack
Hollow Folk Hollow
Stranded
The Trespass
Lost and Found in Shiflet Country
A Room at Killahevlin
Timber Hollow Tale
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
