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Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains

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The southern Appalachians encompass probably the most beautiful, biologically diverse, and historically essential regions of North The united states. Within the widely acclaimed Another Country: Journeying toward the Cherokee Mountains, Christopher Camuto describes the tragic collision of natural and cultural history embedded Within the region. Within the spirit of Thoreau’s “Walking,” Camuto explores the Appalachian summit country of the Great Smoky Mountains―the historical home of the Cherokee―in search of get admission to to the nature, history, and spirit of a magnificent, if diminished, landscape.

As the writer takes the reader through old-growth forests and ancient myths, he tells of the attempted restoration of Canis rufus, the controversial red wolf, to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. He details the have an effect on of European occupation, and his meditations at 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 the most important, thought-provoking book about a haunting American region.

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