{"product_id":"the-unforeseen-wilderness-kentuckys-red-river-gorge","title":"The Unforeseen Wilderness: Kentucky's Red River Gorge","description":"\u003cp\u003eOnly someone who values land enough to farm a hillside for more than thirty years could write about a wild place so lovingly. Wendell Berry just as easily steps into Kentucky s Red River Gorge and makes the observations of a poet as he does step away to view his subject with the keen  unflinching eye of an essayist. The inimitable voice of Wendell Berryat once frank and lovelyis our guide as we explore this unique wilderness.  Located in eastern Kentucky and home to 26 000 acres of untamed river  rock formations  historical sites  unusual vegetation and wildlife  the Gorge very nearly fell victim to a man-made lake thirty years ago. No place is to be learned like a textbook  Berry tells us  and so through revealing the Gorge s corners and crevices  its ridges and rapids  his words not only implore us to know more but to venture there ourselves. Infused with his very personal perspective and enhanced by the startling photographs of Ralph Eugene Meatyard  The Unforeseen Wilderness draws the reader in to celebrate an extraordinary natural beauty and to better understand what threatens it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44966513770549,"sku":"ByrdShop_0865474621","price":226.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780865474628.jpg?v=1770566075","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-unforeseen-wilderness-kentuckys-red-river-gorge","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}