Literary Excursions In The Southern Highlands

Author : George Ellison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467136115
Total Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands: Essays on Natural History written by George Ellison and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending from Roanoke to Mount Oglethorpe and bounded by the Appalachian Mountains, the Southern Highlands is one of the most diverse natural areas in North America. From beautiful flora like the Fraser magnolia to rare ecosystems such as the mountain cedar glades, the area has been an inspiration for writers and naturalists since it was first explored by William Bartram in 1775. Investigate the biology of the cloudless sulphur butterfly, whose erratic flight is used to confuse its prey. Discover the botany of the white ash tree, said to produce the most satisfying crack of a baseball bat. Essayist, poet and naturalist George Ellison explores the abundant wonders of the Southern Highlands in a series of humorous, scientific and literary essays vividly illustrated by artist Elizabeth Ellison.

Author : George Ellison
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439658269
Total Pages : 240 pages
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Download or read book Literary Excursions in the Southern Highlands written by George Ellison and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-31 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extending from Roanoke to Mount Oglethorpe and bounded by the Appalachian Mountains, the Southern Highlands is one of the most diverse natural areas in North America. From beautiful flora like the Fraser magnolia to rare ecosystems such as the mountain cedar glades, the area has been an inspiration for writers and naturalists since it was first explored by William Bartram in 1775. Investigate the biology of the cloudless sulphur butterfly, whose erratic flight is used to confuse its prey. Discover the botany of the white ash tree, said to produce the most satisfying crack of a baseball bat. Essayist, poet and naturalist George Ellison explores the abundant wonders of the Southern Highlands in a series of humorous, scientific and literary essays vividly illustrated by artist Elizabeth Ellison.

Author : Marci Spencer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439662193
Total Pages : 250 pages
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Author : James Hogg
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230093833
Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book A Tour in the Highlands in 1803; a Series of Letters written by James Hogg and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1888 edition. Excerpt: ...in his error.' We at length set the ladies ashore and took our leave of them. I gave Miss Flora two letters to her father, and promised to dine with them next day. Mr. Macrae, after taking leave of them, cried out shrewdly, ' Now farewell, Miss Floral Without pretending to the spirit of prophecy I could tell you who you will dream of to-night.' Considering of what inflammable materials my frame is composed, it was probably very fortunate that I was disappointed of ever seeing Miss Macrae again, as I might have felt the inconvenience of falling in love with an object in that remote country. I received word next day at Ardhill that she was taken very ill of the influenza, then raging in Kintail with great violence, and that Ardintoul, her father, was confined to bed, so that I was persuaded by the company to relinquish my intended visit as inconvenient. About eight o'clock, p.m., we landed at Ardhill, the house of the Rev. Alexander Downie, minister of Lochalsh, to whom I had likewise a letter of introduction, from his cousin, Colin Mackenzie, Esquire, W.S. This district of Glen Shiel which I now had left, is like the greatest part of the countries on that coast, very mountainous. Although the whole parish is thus denominated, Glen Shiel properly is that straight glen which terminates at the outer end of Loch Duich, and, stretching to the south-east, includes agreat part of Glen Morison, and on the east is bounded by the heights of Affarick, one of the branches of the Glass. those of them most contiguous to the sea. The mountains are very high and steep, especially They are very rocky and often bare of soil, but the rocks are everywhere interlined with green stripes covered with sweet and nutritious grasses, which...

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Total Pages : 392 pages
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Download or read book Literary Tours in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland written by Daniel Turner Holmes and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Author : George Palmer PUTNAM (Publisher.)
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