Super-scenic Motorway
A Blue Ridge Parkway History
The University of North Carolina Press · Print & ebook · March 1, 2010
The most visited site in the National Park system, the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the ridges of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia and North Carolina.
More
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A history of the Blue Ridge Parkway complicates its familiar origin story.
- Themes
- Blue Ridge Parkway history, New Deal public works, Complicated project history
- Genres
- Southern U.S. History, South Atlantic Travel (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV), Highway & Traffic Engineering
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved.
Mountain Ghost Stories and Curious Tales of Western North CarolinaRandy Russell, Janet Barnett46% matchShares Southern U.S. History
The Road That Made AmericaJames Dodson45% matchShares Southern U.S. History
A Biography of a MountainMatthew Davis44% match
Exceptional MountainsO. Alan Weltzien42% match
Grandma Gatewood's WalkBen Montgomery42% match
For younger readers: The Appalachian Trail, Where Is Mount Rushmore?, Where Is the Grand Canyon?
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
The most visited site in the National Park system, the 469-mile Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the ridges of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia and North Carolina. According to most accounts, the Parkway was a New Deal ?Godsend for the needy,? built without conflict or opposition by landscape architects and planners who traced their vision along a scenic, isolated southern landscape.
Continue reading
The historical archives relating to this massive public project, however, tell a different and much more complicated story, which Anne Mitchell Whisnant relates in this revealing history of the beloved roadway.
Parkway’s Complicated History
A history of the Blue Ridge Parkway complicates its familiar origin story.
Come here for
- The Parkway’s 469-mile route through Virginia and North Carolina
- Historical archives that challenge the familiar account of its creation
Expect
- A more complicated account than the conflict-free New Deal story
Where it sits
| Southern U.S. History | 75% |
|---|---|
| South Atlantic Travel (DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV) | 41% |
| Highway & Traffic Engineering | 32% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Southern U.S. History
- Southern US Travel
- Authors
- Anne Mitchell Whisnant
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Published
- March 1, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Blue Ridge Parkway history · New Deal public works · Complicated project history
- Reading lane
- Southern U.S. History