{"product_id":"the-shenandoah-9781933202952","title":"The Shenandoah","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1945, West Virginia author Julia Davis penned \u003ci\u003eThe Shenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e as part of the Rivers of America Series, a landmark collection of books written by literary figures over a period of thirty years. In this classic reprint, now with an introduction by Christopher Camuto, Davis tells the history of the Shenandoah Valley and River, drawing on her own research and the experiences of ancestors who settled and lived in the area. Her book provides a poetic vision of both the river and the valley, preserving a fragment of America's landscape.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJulia Davis Adams\u003c\/b\u003e (1901-1993) was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, attended Wellesley College, and graduated from Barnard College in 1922. She began her career as a reporter for The Associated Press in New York City, where she also headed the adoption service of the Children's Aid Society in the early 1960's. She authored two dozen books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Camuto\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of a rough-hewn trilogy on the southern Appalachians - \u003ci\u003eA Fly Fisherman's Blue Ridge\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAnother Country: Journeying Toward the Cherokee Mountains\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHunting from Home: A Year Afield in the Blue Ridge Montains\u003c\/i\u003e - as well as \u003ci\u003eTime and Tide in Acadia: Seasons on Mount Desert Island\u003c\/i\u003e. He manages a biodiversity perserve, an 80-acre eco-restoration of old farm fields, woodlots, and wetlands in Pennsylvania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50476215894290,"sku":"9781933202952","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_76e81c10-107e-4874-bd44-1e4e94fe6c53.jpg?v=1730245728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-shenandoah-9781933202952","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}