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OverviewIn 1700, a young man named John Lawson left London and landed in Charleston, South Carolina, hoping to make a name for himself. For reasons unknown, he soon undertook a two-month journey through the still-mysterious Carolina backcountry. His travels yielded A New Voyage to Carolina in 1709, one of the most significant early American travel narratives, rich with observations about the region's environment and Indigenous people. Lawson later helped found North Carolina's first two cities, Bath and New Bern; became the colonial surveyor general; contributed specimens to what is now the British Museum; and was killed as the first casualty of the Tuscarora War. Yet despite his great contributions and remarkable history, Lawson is little remembered, even in the Carolinas he documented. In 2014, Scott Huler made a surprising decision: to leave home and family for his own journey by foot and canoe, faithfully retracing Lawson's route through the Carolinas. This is the chronicle of that unlikely voyage, revealing what it's like to rediscover your own home. Combining a traveler's curiosity, a naturalist's keen observation, and a writer's wit, Huler draws our attention to people and places we might pass regularly but never really see. What he finds are surprising parallels between Lawson's time and our own, with the locals and their world poised along a knife-edge of change between a past they can't forget and a future they can't quite envision. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Scott HulerPublisher: The University of North Carolina Press Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press ISBN: 9781469648286ISBN 10: 1469648288 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 30 March 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAn ethnographic journey backward and forward in time through the lens of a culture's pathways. . . . Like all 'road' books, the story here is about the journey, not the destination.--North Carolina Historical Review Huler's is a most delightful, thoughtful, and novel study--a delicious book to be sure--and one that will give A New Voyage more traction to be more widely read.--Environmental History An ethnographic journey backward and forward in time through the lens of a culture's pathways. . . . Like all 'road' books, the story here is about the journey, not the destination.--North Carolina Historical Review Author InformationScott Huler is the author of six previous books of nonfiction and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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