Author: John Walter Wayland
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Category : Historic sites
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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Author: John Walter Wayland
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Category : Shenandoah County (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 886

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Author: Sue Eisenfeld
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 0803265395
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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For fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative, she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics and memories a few thousand mountain residents left behind when the government used eminent domain to kick the people off their land to create the park. With historic maps and notes from hikers who explored before her, Eisenfeld and her husband hike, backpack, and bushwhack the hills and the hollows of this beloved but misbegotten place, searching for stories. Descendants recount memories of their ancestors “grieving themselves to death,” and they continue to speak of their people’s displacement from the land as an untold national tragedy. Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal is Eisenfeld’s personal journey into the park’s hidden past based on her off-trail explorations. She describes the turmoil of residents’ removal as well as the human face of the government officials behind the formation of the park. In this conflict between conservation for the benefit of a nation and private land ownership, she explores her own complicated personal relationship with the park—a relationship she would not have without the heartbreak of the thousands of people removed from their homes. Purchase the audio edition.

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Languages : en
Pages : 478

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Author: Joseph W. A. Whitehorne
Publisher: Government Printing Office
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 60

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Discusses how Union General Philip H. Sheridan rallied his men to turn defeat into victory on 19 October 1864.

Author: Jeanette Conner Ritenour
Publisher: Fort Valley Museum Incorporated
ISBN: 9780983023500
Category : Fort Valley (Va.)
Languages : en
Pages : 590

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Welcome to Fort Valley brings to light the stories and ways of living of the people of Fort Valley, Virginia, from their 18th century beginnings to the dawn of the 21st century.

Author: Andrei Kushnir
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ISBN: 9781938086410
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Shenandoah Valley is widely renowned for its beauty and its idyllic landscape of farms, fields, historic towns, and Civil War battlefields. Framed to the east and west by the majestic Blue Ridge and Allegheny Mountains, the region is defined by the river made famous in the 1882 song "Oh, Shenandoah." The highly regarded painter Andrei Kushnir has spent years traveling throughout every corner of the Shenandoah Valley, capturing its myriad landscapes and architectural features with panache and an extraordinary appreciation for place. The paintings collected here highlight Kushnir's rare ability to paint any landscape before him--pastoral or industrial, recreational or social, rural or urban, riparian or agricultural--all the while working out in the elements, en plein air. By organizing Kushnir's paintings along highways US 11, US 340, and VA 42, enabling travelers to follow the paintings in geographical order, the book captures the Shenandoah Valley and its famous river in a uniquely comprehensive and intuitive way. In addition to the 263 plein-air paintings, Oh, Shenandoah presents in-depth historical and curatorial essays by Warren R. Hofstra, William M. S. Rasmussen, and Jeffrey C. Everett about the Valley and Kushnir's significant contribution to our understanding of it, adding a rich, textual component to complement Kushnir's artistry. Distributed for George F. Thompson Publishing

Author: Calder Loth
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
ISBN: 0813918626
Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 650

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The Virginia Landmarks Register, fourth edition, will create for the reader a deeper awareness of a unique legacy and will serve to enhance the stewardship of Virginia's irreplaceable heritage.

Author: David W. Lowe
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 376

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