What would it be like to walk across the South today - as John Muir did from Kentucky to Florida in 1867 to observe its natural wonders?
![Cover of “A Road Running Southward”](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/49c7182/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1696x2560+0+0/resize/880x1328!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc0%2Ffd%2Fa0d18d1b4209b3c3767f84317421%2Fsouthward.jpg)
Island Press
Dan Chapman - a veteran reporter in Atlanta - retraced the path of the naturalist and conservationist for his new book, out this month: “A Road Running Southward: Following John Muir’s Journey Through An Endangered Land,” published by Island Press.
![Dan Chapman](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/1056133/2147483647/strip/true/crop/400x400+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdb%2F0b%2Fa5581d2347958704de8b64eaeb56%2Fdanchapman.jpg)
Island Press