River of cliffs : a Linville Gorge history / Christopher Blake.

Author/creator Blake, Christopher, 1950- editor.
Format Book
PublicationCharleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.
Description251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Subjects
Travelers' writings.
Wilderness areas--North Carolina. --History.
American literature--North Carolina. --Linville Gorge Wilderness.
Linville Gorge Wilderness (N.C.)--History.
Linville Gorge Wilderness (N.C.)--Literary collections.

Portion of title Linville Gorge history
Contents The Spangenberg diary -- Royal Governor Tryon on the Linville massacre -- "Attack on the Linville party" -- Daniel Boone and the Linville massacre -- Western North Carolina: its mountains and its people to 1880 -- Table Rock described by Andre Michaux, John Fraser, Elisha Mitchell and Arnold Guyot on Linville Gorge -- "Sketches of the pioneers in Burke County history" -- The mountain people and Linville Gorge -- Letters from the Alleghany Mountains -- Mountain scenery: the scenery of the mountains of western North Carolina and northwestern South Carolina -- The heart of the Alleghanies, or western North Carolina -- "A mountain tramp from Bridgewater to Blowing Rock: sketches of Linville Falls and Bynum's Bluff" -- The balsam groves of the Grandfather Mountain.
Genre/formHistory.
Genre/formLiterary collections.
LCCN 2017934946
ISBN1625858841
ISBN9781625858849

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Stacks F262.P57 B57 2017 ✔ Available Place Hold