Far Appalachia
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Overview
The New River is one of the oldest rivers in North America, and it runs the wrong way: north, out of the Blue Ridge of North Carolina, through southwestern Virginia and into the deep gorges of West Virginia. Noah Adams, the longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, set out to follow it for roughly 330 miles from its source to the gorge.
He travels on foot, by mountain bike, by canoe and in a whitewater raft, stopping in the small towns along the way to talk with the people who live and work beside the river. Adams grew up in Ashland, Kentucky, and the trip doubles as a return to the Appalachia his own family came from.
Written in the same easy, listening-closely voice he used on the radio, Far Appalachia (2001) is part travel diary and part portrait of a region that rarely gets described this warmly.
Good for: readers of travel writing, river and outdoors stories, and anyone with roots in the mountains of the Carolinas, Virginia or West Virginia.
Product Details
| ISBN-13 | 9780965032384 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0965032388 |
| Publisher | Delacorte Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| Pages | 258 |
| Language | English |