Research Catalog

Title

Headwaters : a journey on Alabama rivers / photographs by Beth Maynor Young ; text by John C. Hall ; with a foreword by Rick Middleton.

Author

Young, Beth Maynor

Publication

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hall, John C., 1945-

Description

xiii, 161 p. : col. ill., col. maps; 29 cm.

Summary

• Headwaters is a breathtaking portrait of Alabama rivers. From their primal seepages in the Appalachian highlands or along the broad Chunnenuggee Hills, Alabamas rivers carve through the rocky uplands and down the Fall Line rapids, then ease across the coastal plain to their eventual confluence with the Gulf of Mexico.
• Beth Maynor Youngs 155 full-color photographs constitute art through a lens; the colors, the light, and the angles all converge for a tender praise of her subject. Her stunning visuals are supported by tantalizing captions and introductory text from John C. Hall, a master field trip leader. Together, they tell a proud story of the native beauty and complexity of these Alabama watercourses that shepherd fully 20% of the nations fresh water to sea.
• The intimate close-up of verdant mosses or pebbled beaches pulls one into their space just as surely as does a sweeping scene of a watershed valley or a sparkling sunset over water. We all become eager listeners and observers on this guided paddle to the Gulf, drinking in the peace, delight, and beauty offered by the experience. At the end, we know we wont be the same as before beginning the journey.
• In addition to being a celebration of their richness, Headwaters serves as a call to greater stewardship of these riverine resources. Conservation sidebars describe the current efforts in this direction and encourage further study and protection. This book tells us, in glorious color and instructive word, why well always treasure these wonderful rivers.

Subjects

• Pictorial works
• Local history
• Alabama > History, Local
• Alabama > Description and travel
• Alabama > Pictorial works
• Rivers > Alabama > Pictorial works

Genre/Form

• Local history
• Pictorial works

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Headwaters -- The Alabama uplands -- The fall line -- The coastal plain.

ISBN

• 9780817316303 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780817381028 (electronic)

LCCN

^^2008018256

OCLC

• 227570453
• SCSB-12306182

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library