Just below the Tidewater area of Virginia, straddling the North
Carolina-Virginia line, lies the Great Dismal Swamp, one of America's
most mysterious wilderness areas. The swamp has long drawn adventurers,
runaways, and romantics, and while many have tried to conquer it, none
has succeeded. In this engaging memoir, Bland Simpson, who grew up near
the swamp in North Carolina, blends personal experience, travel
narrative, oral history, and natural history to create an intriguing
portrait of the Great Dismal Swamp and its people. For this edition, he
has added an epilogue discussing developments in the region since 1990.