{"product_id":"the-wild-east-a-biography-of-the-great-smoky-mountains-paperback-softback-9780813080864","title":"The Wild East; A Biography of the Great Smoky Mountains (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813080864","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Wild East\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Biography of the Great Smoky Mountains\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMargaret Lynn Brown (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813080864\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e488 pages, 68 b\/w photos, notes, bibliography, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.453 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDebunks  the cherished myth of the Smokies as a pristine wilderness snatched  from the brink of destruction to preserve the heritage of the Wild East.  Instead, Brown details how the various, often contradictory approaches  to managing the park since the 1930s reflect competing notions of how  Americans ought to relate to nature.\" —\u003cem\u003eBlue Ridge Outdoors\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Brown  brings her story to life with pertinent and insightful oral histories  gleaned from the park archives and conducted by the author herself.  Recommended to those interested in environmental history, national  parks, and all of those who love the Great Smoky Mountains National Park  and care about its future.\" —\u003cem\u003eGeorgia Historical Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe classic environmental history of the Great Smoky Mountains, updated with a view from the twenty-first century\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Wild East\u003c\/em\u003e explores the social, political, and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Although this  national park is most often portrayed as a triumph of wilderness preservation, Margaret Lynn Brown concludes that the largest forested  region in the eastern United States is actually a re-created wilderness a product of restoration and even manipulation of the land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeveral hundred years before white settlement, Cherokees farmed and hunted this land. Between 1910 and 1920, corporate lumbermen built railroads into the region’s most remote watersheds and removed more than 60 percent of  the old-growth forest. Despite this level of human impact, those who  promoted the establishment of a national park in 1934 represented the land as an untouched wilderness and described the people living there as pioneers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eToward the end of the twentieth century, Brown  writes, the Smokies faced the consequences of decades of management decisions that fluctuated between promoting human tourism and ensuring  environmental preservation. Nearly 25 years after the book's first  publication, this revised edition discusses current research, citizen  science initiatives, and land management practices that are restoring  native plants and wildlife populations in the twenty-first century.  Margaret Lynn Brown emphasizes the extraordinary treasure that is the  Great Smoky Mountains and the importance of continuing to invest in the  park's protection for years to come.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University Press of Florida","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559271788824,"sku":"9780813080864","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-wild-east-a-biography-of-the-great-smoky-mountains-paperback-softback-9780813080864","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}