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Author Leland, John, 1950-

Title Learning the valley : excursions into the Shenandoah Valley / John Leland
Published Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 134 pages) : illustrations
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Leland, John, 1950- -- Travel -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
SUBJECT Leland, John, 1950- -- Travel -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
Leland, John, 1950- fast
Subject Natural history -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.)
TRAVEL -- United States -- South -- South Atlantic (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
NATURE -- Essays.
Natural history
Travel
SUBJECT Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel
Subject United States -- Shenandoah River Valley
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010002602
ISBN 9781611172249
1611172241