From the Mountains to the Sea: Protecting Nature in Postwar New Hampshire

by Kimberly Jarvis

Book Overview

In the face of increasing pressures from business and government in the decades following World War II, New Hampshire residents banded together to preserve their most prized natural areas and defining geological features. From the Mountains to the Sea explores how history, memory, and tradition created a strong sense of place in the state that led citizen activists to protect Franconia Notch, Sandwich Notch, and the town of Durham on New Hampshire's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625345011
• ISBN13: 9781625345011
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher