Footprints Across the South: Bartram's Trail Revisited

William Bartram's Travels is an informative and eloquent testimony to his explorations of the American Southeast. His descriptions of plants, animals, and human life, penned in the early years of the American Revolution, cover the region from the Smokies to Florida to the Mississippi River. Jim Kautz retraces Bartram's trail. Through stories and descriptions, supplemented with exhaustive research, he compares the early American landscape with that of today. He shares his perspective on what has happened to the Southland's people and places over the years of our nation's pilgrimage