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Title: Good Pictures, But Not History
Review: The author should be commended for assembling this collection of old photographs and postcards. They make a valuable addition to Shenandoah documents. The book is no history however. In writing about this beautiful place, the author dismisses the tragedy in its making. Frederick repeats --sometimes verbatim-- discredited myths originally meant to justify the evictions and forced relocations used in creating the park. That archeological research is available makes the mistake indefensible.For anyone interested in the past of the Shenandoah, this book's photos make a good companion to a history such as Darwin Lambert's "Undying Past of Shenandoah National Park".
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