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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Tim PegramPublisher: McFarland & Co Inc Imprint: McFarland & Co Inc Volume: v. 16 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780786431403ISBN 10: 0786431407 Pages: 324 Publication Date: 31 July 2007 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface 1. Once Upon the Parkway 2. Door Number Three 3. Twelve Years, Eight Months, Forty-One Days 4. Deliberately, Reflectively, Randomly 5. Means of Engagement 6. Milepost Zero 7. One Manpower 8. Boston Knob Overlook 9. Spooked. 10. Ranger Bloopers 11. Taking Flight 12. Stills and Fields 13. Ranger Mischief 14. Beware of Dog 15. Gone Awry 16. Disorderly Conduct 17. Clocking Butterflies and Bumblebees 18. Not of This Earth 19. Weathering Isabel 20. Crossing Paths 21. Death of a Chorus 22. Finding, at Last, the Wild Asparagus 23. Pure Harmony 24. Derailed in Avery County 25. Motorcycles 26. Skulking About 27. Bear! 28. Sunday Solace 29. Balsam Gap District Revisited 30. Swinging Snow Gates 31. The Main Event 32. Local Comparable Rate 33. Cased and Unloaded 34. Milepost 469 Appendix: Noted Parkway Locations and Author’s Schedule Chapter Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsfull of vivid descriptions...provides inspiration --The Mountaineer by soaking up Pegram's highly descriptive prose...readers will feel as if they are sharing every memory and mile. More than a travelogue, this book offers insight into how the soul of a road intertwined with the soul of an author --Our State this book is like taking a one-on-one nature hike with an experienced ranger...a treasure trove of information about the Blue Ridge Parkway...a pleasure to read...Pegram recounts the sights and smells of his journey with an accuracy and detail that betray his many years as a park ranger...a unique perspective...brings together the past and the present of the Blue Ridge Parkway --Jefferson Post Tim Pegram traversed all 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2003, and he didn't settle for a woodsy hike...Pegram describes his journey, interlacing it with anecdotes from his 12 years as a ranger in the Blue Ridge Parkway --Salisbury Post Tim Pegram does a great service to the less adventurous of us who can vicariously share in his colorful and entertaining journey --The Roanoke Times. """full of vivid descriptions...provides inspiration""--The Mountaineer; ""by soaking up Pegram's highly descriptive prose...readers will feel as if they are sharing every memory and mile. More than a travelogue, this book offers insight into how the soul of a road intertwined with the soul of an author""--Our State; ""this book is like taking a one-on-one nature hike with an experienced ranger...a treasure trove of information about the Blue Ridge Parkway...a pleasure to read...Pegram recounts the sights and smells of his journey with an accuracy and detail that betray his many years as a park ranger...a unique perspective...brings together the past and the present of the Blue Ridge Parkway""--Jefferson Post; ""Tim Pegram traversed all 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2003, and he didn't settle for a woodsy hike...Pegram describes his journey, interlacing it with anecdotes from his 12 years as a ranger in the Blue Ridge Parkway""--Salisbury Post; ""Tim Pegram does a great service to the less adventurous of us who can vicariously share in his colorful and entertaining journey""--The Roanoke Times." full of vivid descriptions...provides inspiration --The Mountaineer; by soaking up Pegram's highly descriptive prose...readers will feel as if they are sharing every memory and mile. More than a travelogue, this book offers insight into how the soul of a road intertwined with the soul of an author --Our State; this book is like taking a one-on-one nature hike with an experienced ranger...a treasure trove of information about the Blue Ridge Parkway...a pleasure to read...Pegram recounts the sights and smells of his journey with an accuracy and detail that betray his many years as a park ranger...a unique perspective...brings together the past and the present of the Blue Ridge Parkway --Jefferson Post; Tim Pegram traversed all 469 miles of the Blue Ridge Parkway in 2003, and he didn't settle for a woodsy hike...Pegram describes his journey, interlacing it with anecdotes from his 12 years as a ranger in the Blue Ridge Parkway --Salisbury Post; Tim Pegram does a great service to the less adventurous of us who can vicariously share in his colorful and entertaining journey --The Roanoke Times. Author InformationFreelance writer Tim Pegram is a former park ranger and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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