Super-scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History
- ISBN-10
- 0807830372
- ISBN-13
- 9780807830376
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 434
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Univ of North Carolina Press
- Author
- Anne Mitchell Whisnant
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Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History
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