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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherArcadia Publishing
ISBN-101540225968
ISBN-139781540225962
eBay Product ID (ePID)20038419982
Product Key Features
Book TitleCongaree National Park
Number of Pages98 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicUnited States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, Fl, Ga, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, Fl, Ga, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), Special Interest / Ecotourism
Publication Year2017
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, History
AuthorJohn E. Cely
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight12.7 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Cely has included 90 pages of wonderful pictures of South Carolina's treasured natural wonders, the Congaree River, and its adjoining swamp. Cely knows of what he writes." The Columbia Star
SynopsisLocated in central South Carolina, only a few miles from the capital city of Columbia, Congaree National Park is the largest old-growth bottomland hardwood forest left in the country and one of the most biologically diverse parks within the national park system. Nearly 100 species of trees have been documented within the park, almost as many as in the entire Pacific Northwest. The park has one of the tallest hardwood forests anywhere in the temperate world and features numerous trees of record-setting proportions, a distinction that has earned it the name "Forest of Champions." This book discusses the early history of the area that later became the Congaree National Park, shows efforts to protect it from logging by a citizen's grassroots campaign, traces the park's early beginnings and development, and illustrates some of the park's notable flora and fauna.