Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0820322377 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-03 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the widely acclaimed Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains, Christopher Camuto describes the tragic collision of natural and cultural history embedded in the region. He details the impact of European occupation, and his meditations on the enduring relevance of Cherokee language, thought, and mythology evoke an appreciation of what were once sacred rivers, forests, and mountains.Through this attempt “to catch glimpses of the Cherokee Mountains beyond the veil of the southern Appalachians,” Camuto forges a new consciousness about the complex, conflicted past hidden there and leaves us with an important, thought-provoking book about a haunting American region.. The southern Appalachians encompass one of the most beautiful, biologically diverse, and historically important regions of North America. As the author takes the reader through old-growth forests and ancient myths, he tells of the attempted restoration of Canis rufus
Leopold. From Library Journal Camuto (Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge, LJ 11/1/90) once again reveals his love for the wilderness of the southern Appalachians, known to many as the Cherokee Mountains. Bellows, Northwestern Connecticut Community Technical Coll. Inspired by ethnologist James Mooney's 19th-century classic studies of the Cherokees and encouraged by the 1992 restoration of the red wolf (a central figure in Cherokee mythology) to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Camuto writes richly about the relationship of pre-European Cherokee culture to the physical and spiritual beauty of the land and its flora and fauna; seldom are natural and cultural history so beautifully interwoven. He relates his journeys on foot and by canoe into this biologically diverse country, centered along the summit-line border of North Carolina and Tennessee,
Another Country-Journeying Toward The Cherokee Mountains Another Country is a search for the soul of a land almost destroyed. Christopher Camuto writes a powerful narrative describing his exploration of the Cherokee homeland in the appalachians. He seeks communion, a connection he can sense in what is left of the natural landscape and wildness around him. It is as elusive as the dying . "Forgotten history" according to R. S. Corbett. I've hiked and fished the Southern Highlands for years, especially the area in and around the Smoky Mt. National Park. Reading Another Country has shown me this place in a completely new light. He compares these mountains at one point to a palimpsest--a scraped-over parchment on which old texts leave faint traces. This book recor. "Another Country: Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains" according to Andy Hall. I've searched for years for just the right book that sums up my feelings for lost wilderness and finally found it with this book. I find Mr. Camuto's contrast with William Bartram's descriptions of the mountains both startling and sad. I've walked these mountains for over Another Country: Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains I've searched for years for just the right book that sums up my feelings for lost wilderness and finally found it with this book. I find Mr. Camuto's contrast with William Bartram's descriptions of the mountains both startling and sad. I've walked these mountains for over 30 years and in just the last 10 have I begun to realize t. 0 years and in just the last 10 have I begun to realize t