Book Description
"The Walker Sisters" describes the lives of five unmarried women who remain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after their neighbors move away when the park is created.
Author : Bonnie Trentham Myers
Publisher : Myers & Myers Pub
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 20,43 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780972783934
"The Walker Sisters" describes the lives of five unmarried women who remain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park after their neighbors move away when the park is created.
Author : Rose Houk
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,36 MB
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Appalachians (People)
ISBN : 9780937207475
This is the beautifully-illustrated story of the six Walker Sisters who maintained their traditional lifestyle in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee before and after the creation of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Includes dozens of never-before-seen photos of objects from the National Park Service Walkers Sisters collection.
Author : Durwood Dunn
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 24,23 MB
Release : 1988-08-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870495595
"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.
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Page : 228 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 1839
Category : Antigua
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Author : Catherine Astl
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,25 MB
Release : 2023-10-23
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The Walker Sisters of Little Greenbrier Cove became famous when they bravely stood up to the government, fighting to keep their home and land as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was being established. When The Saturday Evening Post ran a story about their lives, Margaret Jane, Mary Elizabeth, Martha Ann, Nancy Melinda, Louisa Susan, Sarah Caroline, and Hettie Rebecca became instant celebrities as they became symbols of American freedom and self-sufficiency. They had a hard life to be sure, but a good one, surrounded by God, family, and their beloved land. Their land wasn't just a tract, a farm, or a piece of territory to them - it was a lifestyle, their very essence. Exhaustively researched and expertly written, all people and major events are true, with historical facts and exact quotes taken from some of the best sources, some from the memoirs of the people themselves. Join the Walker Sisters as they face mountain mishaps, hardship, tragedy, family traditions, hopes, and finally, the fight with their very own government, to remain in their home of the soul.
Author : Margaret McCaulley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 16,19 MB
Release : 2008-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1625843771
One of the last residents of the Smoky Mountain town frozen in time tells of life in a community that few have seen. The remote Smoky Mountain community of Cades Cove still lives in the memory of J.C. McCaulley, one of the few remaining former residents, who offers an exclusive glimpse into a childhood in the Cove. His stories, compiled by his wife Margaret, are a testament to a way of life long abandoned - a life before automobiles, television and perhaps too much exposure to the outside world; a life of hard work and caring for your neighbors. Join the McCaulleys in their quest to preserve the beauty, tranquility and traditions of this pristine community, and dare to dream of a way of life that encouraged independence, integrity and the courage to overcome adversity.
Author : Eric Schlosser
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 37,78 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0547750331
An exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
Author : Catherine Astl
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,83 MB
Release : 2023-02-07
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ISBN : 9781960142658
Cades Cove is a place where the soul knows it is home. An ancient valley in Eastern Tennessee, its mountain peaks saw a successful and industrious society for 119 years. From John and Lucretia Oliver's first steps into the cove in 1818, to its inclusion in the 1937 opening of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this quiet and stunningly beautiful place has inspired many who have vacationed in America's most visited national park. What made the people of Cades Cove so special? What makes their history so magical and inspiring? Through exhaustive research, the author answers those questions and then some. Though a work of fiction, the people described are real, as are all major events. Within these pages are historical facts and exact quotes taken from some of the best sources, some from the very memoirs of the people themselves. With writing as beautiful as Cades Cove itself, readers can step back into the early 1800s to meet the man and woman who started it all. Join them as they face threats to survival, Indians and the Trail of Tears, religious splits, bullies, the Civil War, and other monumental events in American history. John Oliver crossed into the cove in 1818 to achieve his dream of owning his own farm; in doing so, he created an entire way of life.
Author : Horace Kephart
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 29,3 MB
Release : 1913
Category : Appalachian Region, Southern
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Author : Muriel Rukeyser
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9781946684219
Written in response to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster of 1931 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia, The Book of the Dead is an important part of West Virginia's cultural heritage and a powerful account of one of the worst industrial catastrophes in American history. The poems collected here investigate the roots of a tragedy that killed hundreds of workers, most of them African American. They are a rare engagement with the overlap between race and environment in Appalachia. Published for the first time alongside photographs by Nancy Naumburg, who accompanied Rukeyser to Gauley Bridge in 1936, this edition of The Book of the Dead includes an introduction by Catherine Venable Moore, whose writing on the topic has been anthologized in Best American Essays.