Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community

Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail

In the tradition of A Civil Actionâ€”this true story of a North Carolina outdoorsman who teams up with his Appalachian neighbors to save treasured land from being destroyed will â€œmake you want to head for the mountainsâ€ (Raleigh News & Observer).

LIVING ALONE IN HIS WOODED MOUNTAIN RETREAT, Jay Leutze gets a call from a whip-smart fourteen-year-old, Ashley Cook, and her aunt, Ollie Cox, who say a local mining company is intent on tearing down Belview Mountain, the towering peak above their house. Ashley and her family, who live in a little spot known locally as Dog Town, are â€œmountain people,â€ with a way of life and speech unique to their home high in the Appalachians. They suspect the mining company is violating North Carolinaâ€™s mining law, and they want Jay, a nonpracticing attorney, to stop the destruction of the mountain. Jay, a devoted naturalist and fisherman, quickly decides to join their cause.

So begins the epic quest of â€œthe Dog Town Bunch,â€ a battle that involves fiery public hearings, clandestine surveillance of the mine operatorâ€™s highly questionable activities, ferocious pressure on public officials, and high-stakes legal brinksmanship in the North Carolina court system. Jay helps assemble a talented group of environmental lawyers to contend with the well-funded attorneys protecting the mining companyâ€™s plan to dynamite Belview Mountain, which happens to sit next to the famous Appalachian Trail, the 2,184- mile national park that stretches from Maine to Georgia. As the mining company continues to level the forest and erect the gigantic crushing plant on the site, Jayâ€™s group searches frantically for a way to stop an act of environmental desecration that will destroy a fragile wild place and mar the Appalachian Trail forever.
Country USA
Brand Scribner
Manufacturer Scribner
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber new-Dec04-2016-c0048611
ReleaseDate 2013-07-30
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781451682649

Country	USA
Brand	Scribner
Manufacturer	Scribner
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	new-Dec04-2016-c0048611
ReleaseDate	2013-07-30
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781451682649

Stand Up That Mountain: The Battle to Save One Small Community in the Wilderness Along the Appalachian Trail

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