The Nature of Shenandoah

Angebote / Angebote:

Excerpt from The Nature of Shenandoah: A Naturalist's Story of a Mountain ParkThis book is a natural history of Shenandoah National Park. It tells the story of plants, animals and men living on this particular piece of earth, not only as it exists now, but also as it has existed in the past. The geologic records show us that over the long term nature has wrought the most profound changes. Yet over the short term we and our ancestors have also shaped this landscape, for good and ill, and its future rests to an important degree in our hands.Though the book is not in tended as a guide to the park, it does indicate some of the places to see aspects of the park's story - such as deer, different kinds of forest, and geologic evidence of past events. It is designed for an evening's reading, most profitably just before or during a visit to the park. Checklists are included in the appendix for persons with special interest in particular groups of plants or animals.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.