Buy this book on-line Ellison, George and Elizabeth : Blue Ridge Nature Journal: Reflections On The Appalachian Mountains In Essays And ArtNatural History Press, Charleston, SC, 2006 ISBN 1596291397
91+pp. Color Illustrations. Signed by both authors under their printed names on the title page and with a very brief inscription: 'For Paula' . The Blue Ridge Province : an overview -- Flora - - The yellow birch and boulder syndrome -- Table mountain pine : arboreal emblem -- Black gum : rabbit traps and bee hives -- Sourwood : natural bends and sled runners -- Sarvis : what’s in a name? -- Azaleas and rhododendrons -- Highland doghobble : the black bear’s refuge -- Galax : odiferous and decorative -- Oilnut : that most curious fruit -- Hepatica : "the gem of the woods" -- The spring ephemeral strategy -- Plant traps : by devious means -- White snakeroot : the milk sick story -- Winter orchids : puttyroot and cranefly orchis -- Fiddleheads and ferns that walk -- Cherokee mushrooms : slicks, milkys, and wishys -- Cherokee baskets : splints and dyes -- Fauna -- Tlanuwas and uktenas -- Copperheads and timber rattlers -- Bird lore -- Wolf lore -- Panther lore -- Bear lore -- Fox lore -- Raccoon lore -- Skunks : striped and spotted -- Mountain boomers : "our speediest varmint" -- Honeybee lore -- Cherokee cookery : yellow jacket soup & more -- Paintings., Oblong 8vo, Fine with no DJ Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Ellison, George and Elizabeth : Blue Ridge Nature Journal: Reflections On The Appalachian Mountains In Essays And Art. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres rares, livres illustrées, first editions, antiquarian books and livres anciens. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |