A delicious country : rediscovering the Carolinas along the route of John Lawson's 1700 expedition /

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"In 1700, John Lawson, a young man from England looking to make a name for himself, left London and landed in Charleston, in what is now South Carolina. From there for reasons still unknown he took a two-month journey through the little-known Carolina backcountry. That journey in 1709 yielded A...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Huler, Scott (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Lawson, John, > 1674-1711 > Travel.
Huler, Scott > Travel.
Lawson, John, > 1674-1711
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Travel
North Carolina > Description and travel.
South Carolina > Description and travel.
Caroline du Nord > Descriptions et voyages.
Caroline du Sud > Descriptions et voyages.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction: The Best Country I Could Go To; 1: Spartina, Mon Amour; 2: Coffee with the Huguenots; 3: The Corps's Work Is Never Done; 4: The Most Amazing Prospect; 5: The Anthropocene and the Catawba; 6: The Paths and the Rivers; 7: The Hanging Tree; 8: A Delicious Country; 9: Losing the Way; 10: A Bed in Bath, and Beyond; 11: Not to Amuse My Readers Any Longer; Acknowledgments; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

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