“This study is an excellent addition to southern historiography and should be required reading for students of environmental history and law.” — Journal of Southern History
“A powerful and enlightening addition to literature on environmental abuse.” — McCormick Messenger
“With degrees in English, history, and law, Maysilles discusses the topic with a high degree of elegance, knowledge and thoughtful consideration.” — H-Net Reviews
“[A] well-researched book . . . . Recommended.” — CHOICE
“Readers and researches can certainly celebrate that this vitally important subject is now illuminated by a thorough book-length study.” — Appalachian Heritage
“Maysilles’s book on the Copper Basin successfully assesses the importance of the Ducktown lawsuits of the early twentieth century to today’s environmental challenges. . . . This book has appeal for students and academics studying national and regional legal history, as well as historians studying the New South period.” — Journal of East Tennessee History
“Maysilles provides a vibrant look at Ducktown, its smoke, and what would emerge as its deserted landscape.” — North Carolina Historical Review
“[Maysilles] appreciates the complex relationship between the copper companies and the people of southern Appalachia.” — Journal of American History
“A carefully articulated tale of the conflict and interplay between private, state, and federal interests.” — Southern Historian
“An important addition to the scholarship on Southern Appalachian industrialization, Appalachian and environmental history, and environmental law.” — The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians
