Contents; Preface; Prologue: An Orientation Mostly along St. Johns River; Chapter 1. Original Civilizations; Chapter 2. Plantation Traditions; Chapter 3. Commoners and the Commons; Chapter 4. Matanzas and Mastery; Chapter 5. Enchantment and Equilibrium; Chapter 6. Cities of Clay; Epilogue: Postmodern Landscapes; Notes; Index
Summary
Jack Temple Kirby offers a personal and passionate recounting of the centuries-old human-nature relationship in the South. In a narrative voice marked by the intimacy and enthusiasm of a storyteller, Kirby explores all of the South's peoples and their landscapeshow humans have used, yielded, or manipulated varying environments and how they have treated forests, water, and animals. Citing history, literature, and cinematic portrayals along the way, Kirby also relates how southerners have thought about their part of Earthas a source of both sustenance and delight
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-355) and index
