Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies: Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South

by Paul S. Sutter

Book Overview

Providence Canyon State Park, also known as Georgia's "Little Grand Canyon," preserves a network of massive erosion gullies allegedly caused by poor farming practices during the nineteenth century. It is a park that protects the scenic results of an environmental disaster. While little known today, Providence Canyon enjoyed a modicum of fame in the 1930s. During that decade, local boosters attempted to have Providence Canyon protected as a national...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820353825
• ISBN13: 9780820353821
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"