Description: A lively, comprehensive guide to the southern Appalachians, from Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to the Monongahela National Forest of West Virginia.
Brief description: Jim Hargan is a world traveler whose writing and photographs have appeared in the New York Times, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and Field & Stream, among many others. He the author of the Explorer's Guides The Blue Ridge & Smoky Mountains, North Carolina, The Photographer's Guide to the Blue Ridge Parkway, and The Photographer's Guide to the Great Smoky Mountains. He lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.