{"product_id":"shenandoah-sue-eisenfeld-9780803238305","title":"Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnyone with an interest in national parks or the history of the state of Virginia or travelers to Shenandoah or Skyline Drive will appreciate this book.\u003c\/b\u003e --Rachel Owens, \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fifteen years Sue Eisenfeld hiked in Shenandoah National Park in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, unaware of the tragic history behind the creation of the park. In this travel narrative, she tells the story of her on-the-ground discovery of the relics and memories a few thousand mountain residents left behind when the government used eminent domain to kick the people off their land to create the park.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith historic maps and notes from hikers who explored before her, Eisenfeld and her husband hike, backpack, and bushwhack the hills and the hollows of this beloved but misbegotten place, searching for stories. Descendants recount memories of their ancestors \"grieving themselves to death,\" and they continue to speak of their people's displacement from the land as an untold national tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is Eisenfeld's personal journey into the park's hidden past based on her off-trail explorations. She describes the turmoil of residents' removal as well as the human face of the government officials behind the formation of the park. In this conflict between conservation for the benefit of a nation and private land ownership, she explores her own complicated personal relationship with the park--a relationship she would not have without the heartbreak of the thousands of people removed from their homes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sue Eisenfeld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803238304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803238305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.55h x 5.55w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/26\/2015","brand":"Sue Eisenfeld","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996827386111,"sku":"9780803238305","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3a0ba334-80c1-48ff-bba9-7f1c09beda3a.jpg?v=1683343927","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shenandoah-sue-eisenfeld-9780803238305","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}