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Down the Wild Cape Fear

Download or Read eBook Down the Wild Cape Fear PDF written by Philip Gerard and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Down the Wild Cape Fear
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Publisher : UNC Press Books
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781469608129
ISBN-13 : 146960812X
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Book Synopsis Down the Wild Cape Fear by : Philip Gerard

Book excerpt: In Down the Wild Cape Fear, novelist and nonfiction writer Philip Gerard invites readers onto the fabled waters of the Cape Fear River and guides them on the 200-mile voyage from the confluence of the Deep and Haw Rivers at Mermaid Point all the way to the Cape of Fear on Bald Head Island. Accompanying the author by canoe and powerboat are a cadre of people passionate about the river, among them a river guide, a photographer, a biologist, a river keeper, and a boat captain. Historical voices also lend their wisdom to our understanding of this river, which has been a main artery of commerce, culture, settlement, and war for the entire region since it was first discovered by Verrazzano in 1524. Gerard explores the myriad environmental and political issues being played out along the waters of the Cape Fear. These include commerce and environmental stewardship, wilderness and development, suburban sprawl and the decline and renaissance of inner cities, and private rights versus the public good.


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