Book Review: A Road Running Southward

We associate John Muir, one of the patron saints of the environmental movement, with majestic mountains out west – with Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada and Muir Woods, the redwood forest that bears his name near San Francisco – his legacy does not usually summon thoughts of the Southeast.

GWM’s Meet the Author features Dan Chapman

John Muir set out on foot in 1867 to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keeping a detailed journal of his adventures from Kentucky to Florida. One hundred and fifty years later, veteran Atlanta reporter Dan Chapman recreated Muir’s journey to see how nature has fared since Muir’s time.