Learning the valley : excursions into the Shenandoah Valley /

Learning the valley : excursions into the Shenandoah Valley /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Leland, John, 1950-
Imprint:	Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010.
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 134 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Leland, John, -- 1950- -- Travel -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) Leland, John, -- 1950- Natural history -- Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) Natural history. Travel. Shenandoah River Valley (Va. and W. Va.) -- Description and travel. United States -- Shenandoah River Valley. Electronic book.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11301723

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ISBN:	9781611172249 1611172241 1570039135 9781570039133
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	Meanderings through a storied Virginia region with a look at its significance from prehistory to the present.
Other form:	Print version: Leland, John, 1950- Learning the valley. Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, ©2010

Table of Contents:

Sugar Creek
Rock crystals
The Shenandoah sea
Caves
Rock castles
The Natural Bridge
Stone walls
Geological segregation
Massanutten
Forest communities
Cedars
Maple syrup
Poison ivy
Sassafras
Briar patch
Hedges
Vegetable armature
Mosquitoes
Spring ephemerals
Flying frass
My Civil War
Migration
Running the river
Hay bales
Sexual swarms.