Stand up That Mountain The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness along the Appalachian Trail

Name: Stand up That Mountain The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness along the Appalachian Trail
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ISBN: 9781451682649

ISBN-10: 1451682646

ISBN-13: 9781451682649

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Authors: Jay Erskine Leutze

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In the tradition ofA Civil Action—this true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his Appalachian neighbors to save treasured land from being destroyed will “make you want to head for the mountains” (Raleigh News & Observer).Living alone in his wooded mountain retreat, Jay Leutze gets a call from a whip-smart fourteen-year-old, Ashley Cook, and her aunt, Ollie Cox, who say a mining company is intent on tearing down Belview Mountain, the towering peak above their house. Ashley and her family are “mountain people,” with a way of life and speech unique to their home high in the Appalachians. They suspect the mining company is violating the law, and they want Jay, a…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Publisher: Scribner
Publication date: 7/30/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.37" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Jay Erskine Leutze was born in Virginia in 1964.nbsp;He now lives in the Southern Appalachian mountains of North Carolina.nbsp;Trained as an attorney, he has become a leading voice for state and federal conservation funding for investment in public lands.nbsp;He is a Trustee for Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservancy, one of the nation's most established land trusts.nbsp;nbsp;