No other book on the Southern Appalachians is more widely known or cited. "Awonderful book. I like it especially for its color and anecdotes. It is a classic, not only for its accuracy and breadth of insights into the people of the region, but because these people themselves are so interesting and strong." --Annie Dillard, author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
This expanded 3rd edition of Horace Kephart's classic work includes eight articles that were not included in any of the earlier editions, including stories on rifle making, moonshiners and revenuers,...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
Inspired by the years Kephart spent among the inhabitants of the remote Hazel Creek region of the Great Smoky Mountains, the book provides one of the earliest realistic portrayals of life in the rural Appalachian Mountains and one of the ...
Travel author Horace Kephart discusses the culture of Appalachia he observed while living in a mountain cabin for several months at the start of the 20th century. This edition contains all of his original photographs.
Our Southern Highlanders
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Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the Mountaineers