New River Controversy, A New Edition

Thomas J. Schoenbaum is research professor at George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is the author of many books and articles on legal and international topics. R. Seth Woodard is a fisherman and author who holds history degrees from Appalachian State University (BA) and Virginia Tech (MA). He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina. Sam J. Ervin, Jr., was a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments (1979)      Foreword by Sam J. Ervin Jr. (1979)      Preface to the New Edition      Introduction from the 1979 Edition      1. The River and the Valley: Geology and Prehistory      2. The New River in the Old West: Conflict and Settlement      3. The Lost Provinces      4. “Progress” Comes to the New River: Phaseof the Blue Ridge Project      5. Another Green Light for Blue Ridge      6. The Scenic River Strategy      7. Counterattack in Court      8. The People Unite      9. False Hopes and a New Defeat      10. The New River Like It Is      Epilogue from the 1979 Edition      Epilogue to the New Edition: The New River Valley Since 1976 by R. Seth Woodard      Notes      Bibliography      Index

“an overdue update of the 1979 original covers the landmark struggle to save the New River from a massive TVA like claim proposed in the 1960s”—Appalachian Voice.