Mount Mitchell

by Jonathan Howard Bennett and David Biddix

Book Overview

The highest peak in the eastern United States, Mount Mitchell towers 6,684 feet over its home in Yancey County, North Carolina. It has borne silent witness to great scientific and personal achievements, tragic loss of life, heated debates, and a host of controversies both great and small. Once considered forbidding and remote, it claimed the life of its namesake, Elisha Mitchell, when he fell to his death in an attempt to firmly establish the mountain's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467133698
• ISBN13: 9781467133692
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"