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Great Dismal: A Carolinian's Swamp Memoir AUTH-7697959 The matai system is basedJust 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