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Circling Home This page intentionally left blank john lane Circling Home the university of georgia press Athens and London Published by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602© 2007 by John Lane All rights reserved Designed by David Drummond & Kathi Morgan Set in ITC New Baskerville by BookComp Printed and bound by Thomson-Shore The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. Printed in the United States of America 11 10 09 08 07 C 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lane, John, 1954– Circling home / John Lane. p. cm. “A Wormsloe Foundation nature book.” ISBN-13: 978-0-8203-3040-2 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8203-3040-X (hardcover : alk. paper) Lane, John, 1954– —Homes and haunts—South Carolina—Spartanburg. 2. Spartanburg (S.C.)— Biography. 3. Spartanburg (S.C.)—Description and travel. 4. Natural history—South Carolina— Spartanburg. 5. Naturalists—United States—Biography. 6. Outdoor life—United States. I. Wormsloe Foundation. II. Title. F279.S7L36 2007 975.7'29—dc22 2007016765 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for this digital edition: 9780820342801 This page intentionally left blank for franklin burroughs This page intentionally left blank I think of no natural feature which is a greater ornament and treasure to this town than the river. It is one of the things which determine whether a man will live here or in another place, and it is one of the first objects which we show to a stranger. . . . They who laid out the town should have made the river available as a common possession forever. henry david thoreau, Wild Fruits This page intentionally left blank ...