The Great Dismal by Bland Simpson
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. The swamp has long drawn adventurers, runaways, and romantics, and while many have tried to conquer it, none has succeeded. 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. For this edition, he has added an epilogue discussing developments in the region since 1990.-
Interpreting Our Heritage
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Southern Food
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Stitched from the Soul
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The Black Bard of North Carolina
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The Lost Boy
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The Outer Banks
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Speak Now Against the Day
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Cabins in the Laurel
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Birds of the South
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Hot Peppers
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Teach's Light
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A Paul Green Reader
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Discovering North Carolina
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Through the Garden Gate
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Humor of a Country Lawyer
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Biscuits, Spoonbread, and Sweet Potato Pie
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Raised in Clay
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Pickles and Preserves
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One Hour
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Taffy of Torpedo Junction
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The Natural Gardens of North Carolina
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From Laurel Hill to Siler's Bog
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The Bitterweed Path
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Pilgrim in the Ruins
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The Lost Colony
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Ribbon of Sand
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Somerset Homecoming
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North Carolina and Old Salem Cookery
Bland Simpson, who teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is author of Into the Sound Country (with photography by Ann Cary Simpson) and The Mystery of Beautiful Nell Cropsey. A member of the Red Clay Ramblers, an internationally acclaimed string band, he has collaborated on such musicals as Kudzu, King Mackerel & The Blues Are Running, Diamond Studs, and Fool Moon.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780807818732 |
| ISBN 10 | 0807818739 |
| Title | The Great Dismal |
| Author | Bland Simpson |
| Series | Chapel Hill Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 1990-03-16 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |