Super-Scenic Motorway
Download or Read eBook Super-Scenic Motorway PDF written by Anne Mitchell Whisnant and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2006-10-02 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Anne Mitchell Whisnant |
| Publisher | : Univ of North Carolina Press |
| Total Pages | : 461 |
| Release | : 2006-10-02 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780807898420 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0807898422 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Super-Scenic Motorway by : Anne Mitchell Whisnant
Book excerpt: The most visited site in the National Park system, the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the ridges of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia and North Carolina. According to most accounts, the Parkway was a New Deal "Godsend for the needy," built without conflict or opposition by landscape architects and planners who traced their vision along a scenic, isolated southern landscape. The historical archives relating to this massive public project, however, tell a different and much more complicated story, which Anne Mitchell Whisnant relates in this revealing history of the beloved roadway.
