Colorful Characters of the Great Smoky Mountains
Author : Bob Plott
Publisher : History Press Library Editions
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 49,54 MB
Release : 2011-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781540229779
Plott Hound Tales: Legendary People and Places Behind the Breed
Author : Bob Plott
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 40,68 MB
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 1625858361
Book Description
An in-depth history of one of the quintessential hunting dog breeds, the Plott hound. Though originating in Germany, the Plott hound reached worldwide fame through the contributions of many colorful characters from the Southern Appalachians. Originally brought to America by German immigrant Johannes George Plott, the hounds quickly became renowned for their stamina and gameness. Quill Rose - a legendary local outlaw, moonshiner, gunfighter and more - helped cultivate the bloodline for bear hunting, while revered baseball icon Branch Rickey brought national acclaim to the breed through his hunts in the Hazel Creek Watershed. Writer Frank Methven wrote extensively about the Plott hound for decades, and the Methven Award remains one of the most coveted big game hunting awards in the world. Author and breed expert Bob Plott reveals the fascinating people and places that have shaped the history of the Plott hound.
Great Smoky Mountains Folklife
Author : Michael Ann Williams
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,42 MB
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1628468963
Book Description
The Great Smoky Mountains, at the border of eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, are among the highest peaks of the southern Appalachian chain. Although this area shares much with the cultural traditions of all southern Appalachia, the folklife here has been uniquely shaped by historical events, including the Cherokee Removal of the 1830s and the creation of the Great Smoky Mountain National Park a century later. This book surveying the rich folklife of this special place in the American South offers a view of the culture as it has been defined and changed by scholars, missionaries, the federal government, tourists, and people of the region themselves. Here is an overview of the history of a beautiful landscape, one that examines the character typified by its early settlers, by the displacement of the people, and by the manner in which the folklife was discovered and defined during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Here also is an examination of various folk traditions and a study of how they have changed and evolved.
Bryson City Tales
Author : Walt Larimore
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 23,49 MB
Release : 2009-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0310861241
Book Description
Captivating stories of how a young doctor's first year of medical practice in the Smoky Mountains shaped his practice of life and faith. The little mountain hamlet of Bryson City, North Carolina, offers more than dazzling vistas. For Walt Larimore, a young "flatlander" physician setting up his first practice, the town presents its peculiar challenges as well. With the winsomeness of a James Herriott book, Bryson City Tales sweeps you into a world of colorful characters, the texture of Smoky Mountain life, and the warmth, humor, quirks, and struggles of a small country town. It's a world where the family doctor is also the emergency physician, the coroner, and the obstetrician, and where wilderness medicine is part of the job, search-and-rescue calls in the national forest are a way of life, and the next patient just may be somebody's livestock or pet. Bryson City Tales is the tender and insightful chronicle of a young man's rite of passage from medical student to family physician. Laughter and adventure await you in these pages, and lessons learned from Bryson City's unforgettable residents.
The Lost Inheritance
Author : Lost inheritance
Publisher :
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 20,71 MB
Release : 1852
Category :
ISBN :
Book Description
Our Southern Highlanders
Author : Horace Kephart
Publisher : Smokies Life
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 23,70 MB
Release : 1913
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
This special expanded third edition of Horace Kephart's classic work on the people of Southern Appalachia has been completely re-typeset and includes a new introduction by writer George Ellison. This edition also includes eight articles written by Horace Kephart and published after the previous edition on such topics as moonshiners, rifle-making, mountain culture, and the proposed Great Smoky Mountains National Park. All told, readers will find over 100 pages of new material not included in any of the book's previous editions.
People of Kituwah
Author : John D. Loftin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 37,23 MB
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0520400348
Book Description
According to Cherokee tradition, the place of creation is Kituwah, located at the center of the world and home to the most sacred and oldest of all beloved, or mother, towns. Just by entering Kituwah, or indeed any village site, Cherokees reexperience the creation of the world, when the water beetle first surfaced with a piece of mud that later became the island on which they lived. People of Kituwah is a comprehensive account of the spiritual worldview and lifeways of the Eastern Cherokee people, from the creation of the world to today. Building on vast primary and secondary materials, native and non-native, this book provides a window into not only what the Cherokees perceive and understand—their notions of space and time, marriage and love, death and the afterlife, healing and traditional medicine, and rites and ceremonies—but also how their religious life evolved both before and after the calamitous coming of colonialism. Through the collaborative efforts of John D. Loftin and Benjamin E. Frey, this book offers an in-depth understanding of Cherokee culture and society.
Hiking Trails of the Smokies
Author : Don DeFoe
Publisher : Great Smoky Mountains Association
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 23,62 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN :
Book Description
Map has titles: Great Smoky Mountains trail map; Great Smoky Mountains hiking map.
Saving Laurel Springs
Author : Lin Stepp
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,37 MB
Release : 2015-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1617732818
Book Description
"A charming portrait of the Smokies, their people, and a wonderful way of life." --Deborah Smith, New York Times bestselling author In a heartwarming novel set amid the lush splendor of the Great Smoky Mountains, Lin Stepp reunites two kindred spirits in a charming story of first love and surprising second chances. . . See ya later--and love you forever, Rhea Dean. Those are the words Rhea's childhood sweetheart, Carter Layman, used to say whenever they parted. Not that she places much stock in words anymore. After all, Carter drove off to college in California, promising to make a fortune to help save their families' vacation resort. Instead he stayed there and married someone else. It fell to Rhea to keep Laurel Springs going and she's done just that, working long hours on the camp grounds, buoyed by the beauty of her Smokies home. Now a widower with a young son, Carter has achieved huge success as a games developer. But he always planned to return to the spring-fed lake and the soaring mountains, to the covered bridge where he and Rhea made wishes and traded kisses. He's coming home to turn Laurel Springs into the place they planned to build together. And as he reveals the truth about his past, Rhea must decide whether to trust in the man--and the dreams--she's never forgotten.
The land of the Smokies
Author : Tim Hollis
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 37,59 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Amusements
ISBN : 9781617035012
