Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot Through with droll humor.
It is a passionate appeal, a call to action to save one of the loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world by understanding what we have to lose if we do nothing..
A Road Running Southward is part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur, and paints a picture of a South under siege.
Along the way he talks to locals with deep ties to the land--scientists, hunters, politicians, and even a Muir impersonator--who describe the changes they\'ve witnessed and what it will take to accommodate a fast-growing population without destroying the natural beauty and a cherished connection to nature.
Chapman delves into the region\'s natural history, moving between John Muir\'s vivid descriptions of a lush botanical paradise and the myriad environmental problems facing the South today.
Each chapter touches upon a local ecological problem--at-risk species in Mammoth Cave, coal ash in Kingston, Tennessee, climate change in the Nantahala National Forest, water wars in Georgia, aquifer depletion in Florida--that resonates across the South.
Chapman seeks to discover how Southerners might balance surging population growth with protecting the natural beauty Muir found so special.
But he laments that a treasured way of life for generations of Southerners is Endangered as long-simmering struggles intensify over misused and dwindling resources.
Channeling Muir, he uses humor, keen observation, and a deep love of place to celebrate the South\'s natural riches.
One hundred and fifty years later, on a similar whim, veteran Atlanta reporter Dan Chapman, distressed by sprawl-driven environmental ills in a region he loves, recreated Muir\'s Journey to see for himself how nature has fared since Muir\'s time. -- The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keeping a detailed journal of his adventures as he traipsed from Kentucky southward to Florida.
Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot Through with droll humor
