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- Down the Wild Cape Fear: A River Journey through the Heart of North Carolina
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
In Down the Wild Cape Fear, novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guides them on the 200-mile voyage from the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers at Mermaid Point all the way to the Cape of Fear on Bald Head Island. Accompanying the author by canoe and powerboat are a cadre of people passionate about the river, among them a river guide, a photographer, a biologist, a river keeper, and a boat captain. Historical voices also lend their wisdom to our understanding of this river, which has been a main artery of commerce, culture, settlement, and war for the entire region since it was first discovered by Verrazzano in 1524.
Gerard explores the myriad environmental and political issues being played out along the waters of the Cape Fear. These include commerce and environmental stewardship, wilderness and development, suburban sprawl and the decline and renaissance of inner cities, and private rights versus the public good.
Gerard explores the myriad environmental and political issues being played out along the waters of the Cape Fear. These include commerce and environmental stewardship, wilderness and development, suburban sprawl and the decline and renaissance of inner cities, and private rights versus the public good.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Part 1. The Upper Reaches
- Part 2. The Middle Reaches
- Part 3. The Lower Reaches
- Part 4. The Estuary
- Chapter 10
- pp. 161-179
- Chapter 11
- pp. 180-196
- Chapter 12
- pp. 197-212
- Chapter 13
- pp. 213-222
- Chapter 14
- pp. 223-240
- Chapter 15
- pp. 241-250
- Part 5. Finishing at the Starting Point
- Chapter 16
- pp. 253-268
- Selected Sources
- pp. 269-274
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 275-276
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469608136
Related ISBN(s)
9781469602073, 9781469608129, 9781469669403
MARC Record
OCLC
839304765
Pages
288
Launched on MUSE
2013-11-04
Language
English
Open Access
No