Just below the Tidewater area of Virginia, straddling the North Carolina-Virginia line, lies the Great Dismal Swamp, one of America\'s most mysterious wilderness areas.
For this edition, he has added an epilogue discussing developments in the region since 1990..
In this engaging memoir, Bland Simpson, who grew up near the Swamp in North Carolina, blends personal experience, travel narrative, oral history, and natural history to create an intriguing portrait of the Great Dismal Swamp and its people.
The Swamp has long drawn adventurers, runaways, and romantics, and while many have tried to conquer it, none has succeeded.
Just below the Tidewater area of Virginia, straddling the North Carolina-Virginia line, lies the Great Dismal Swamp, one of America\'s most mysterious wilderness areas
