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Bolgiano defines Appalachia as “a state of mind and country” encompassing the seven million acres of federally owned land from northwestern Virginia to northern Georgia. Destructive logging, wildfire and floods in the early 20th century prompted the U.S. Forest Service to buy the land for restoration. The history of these public lands forms the first part of the book. Each Appalachian national park and forest is individually described, including the controversial history of Shenandoah National Park.
The author has traveled throughout the Appalachian region and uses encounters and interviews in an easyreading style. She weaves in the views of mountain farmers, bear hunters, Cherokees, foresters, biologists, mountain bikers and many others. Much of the book deals with the legacies of the past, both cultural and environmental. Three dozen archival landscape photographs provide
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