Blue Ridge Parkway: The Story Behind the Scenery

Margaret Rives

ISBN 10: 0916122816 / ISBN 13: 9780916122812

Published by KC Publications, Inc., 1982

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Blue Ridge Parkway: The Story Behind the Scenery
• Publisher: KC Publications, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916122816
• ISBN 13: 9780916122812
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 0.6W x 22.9H x 30.5D centimeters 0.6 centimeters width by 22.9 centimeters height by 30.5 centimeters depth

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Synopsis

Travel the southern Allegheny ridges 469 miles between Shenandoah and Great Smokey Mountains national parks. Discover the highlanders amid wildlife and forests.

Each book in The Story Behind the Scenery series tells a compelling story through the eyes of an experienced interpreter whose writing reflects true enthusiasm for the park. Complete with running text and interpretive captions, accompanied by abundant full-color photographs, these books will be welcome in any home library.

Blue Ridge Parkway, located in southern Virginia and northern North Carolina, was established in 1936 to protect the 469-mile-long-parkway, natural history areas and Appalachian cultural sites.

48 pp., 70 color photos, 9 maps.

About the Author

Peggy Rives is a career employee of the National Park Service. After receiving her master's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles, she moved to the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Here she developed an abiding love for these mountains and deep respect for the native mountain people, their heritage and their way of life.