Author: Merrell Jenkins RiddlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
LeQuire Family of Western North Carolina
Author: Merrell Jenkins RiddlePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
LeQuire Family of Western North Carolina
Author: Merrell Jenkins RiddlePublisher:
ISBN: 9781932671315
Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
A Record of the Ebbs Family of Western North Carolina
Author: Eloise Buckner EbbsTerra Incognita
Author: Anne BridgesPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621900142
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 471
Book Description
Terra Incognita is the most comprehensive bibliography of sources related to the Great Smoky Mountains ever created. Compiled and edited by three librarians, this authoritative and meticulously researched work is an indispensable reference for scholars and students studying any aspect of the region’s past. Starting with the de Soto map of 1544, the earliest document that purports to describe anything about the Great Smoky Mountains, and continuing through 1934 with the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park—today the most visited national park in the United States—this volume catalogs books, periodical and journal articles, selected newspaper reports, government publications, dissertations, and theses published during that period. This bibliography treats the Great Smoky Mountain Region in western North Carolina and east Tennessee systematically and extensively in its full historic and social context. Prefatory material includes a timeline of the Great Smoky Mountains and a list of suggested readings on the era covered. The book is divided into thirteen thematic chapters, each featuring an introductory essay that discusses the nature and value of the materials in that section. Following each overview is an annotated bibliography that includes full citation information and a bibliographic description of each entry. Chapters cover the history of the area; the Cherokee in the Great Smoky Mountains; the national forest movement and the formation of the national park; life in the locality; Horace Kephart, perhaps the most important chronicler to document the mountains and their inhabitants; natural resources; early travel; music; literature; early exploration and science; maps; and recreation and tourism. Sure to become a standard resource on this rich and vital region, Terra Incognita is an essential acquisition for all academic and public libraries and a boundless resource for researchers and students of the region.
Genealogical Index
Author: Newberry LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1044
Book Description
Back of Beyond
Author: George EllisonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780937207949
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
An icon of the Southern Appalachian region known for the seminal books Camping and Woodcraft and Our Southern Highlanders, Horace Kephart was instrumental in efforts to create a national park in the Smokies and to establish the Appalachian Trail through North Carolina and Tennessee. This is the behind-the-scenes story of a librarian-turned-woodsman who had a far-reaching effect on wilderness literature and outdoor pursuits throughout North America. "This long-awaited biography of Horace Kephart is so well written and informative that one reads it with the pleasure of a riveting novel and an admiration reserved for the finest scholarship. Back of Beyond is a triumph." Ron Rash, author of Serena "With affection and candor, McCue and Ellison reveal an intimate knowledge of Kephart's ancestry, education, marriage, and career, his place in American literature and history, and his part in the founding of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park." Robert Morgan, author of Boone: A Biography "This meticulously researched and carefully considered book is a great contribution to the history and culture of the Southern Appalachians." Charles Frazier, author of Cold Mountain, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction George Ellison has written extensively about Horace Kephart and was designated one of the 100 most influential people in the history of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In 2012 he won the Wild South Roosevelt-Ashe award for "Outstanding Journalism in Conservation." Janet McCue, an independent writer and researcher, has collaborated with Ellison and others on many Kephart projects. Her writing and research reveal Kephart's multi-faceted life as student, husband, father, librarian, writer, and public figure. She is the former director of Mann Library at Cornell University. All proceeds from the sale of this book will benefit the educational, historical, and scientific programs of Great Smoky Mountains National Park.--George Ellison and Janet McCue
The Fountain
Author: Twenty Censuses
Author: Frederick G. BohmePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government questionnaires
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
The Genealogical Index of the Newberry Library, Chicago
Author: Newberry LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages : 1056
Book Description
Primarily an index of sources published from the 1800s to 1917.
Cades Cove
Author: Durwood DunnPublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 9780870495595
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
"Drawing on a rich trove of documents never before available to scholars, the author sketches the early pioneers, their daily lives, their beliefs, and their struggles to survive and prosper in this isolated mountain community, now within the confines of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In moving detail this book brings to life an isolated mountain community, its struggle to survive, and the tragedy of its demise." -- Provided by publisher.