Our Southern Highlanders

by Horace Kephart

Biography & Autobiography Nature Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

17 chapters8h 41mEnglish1914

About this book

Our Southern Highlanders is a memoir of the Pennsylvania-born writer and librarian Horace Kephart, documenting his experiences and cultural observations during his time living in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. - Summary by Meredith Womac Cook. Please note that due to the time period and setting, it contains some offensive language and overt racism.

Chapters (17)

1Something Hidden Go and Find It

1292

2The Back of Beyond

1568

3The Great Smoky Mountains

2001

4A Bear Hunt in the Smokies

2709

5Moonshine Land

1184

6Ways That Are Dark

1566

7A Leaf from the Past

1748

8Blockaders and The Revenue

1592

9The Outlander and the Native

1730

10The People of the Hills

1837

11The Land of Do Without

1871

12Home Folks and Neighbor People

1678

13The Mountain Dialect

2716

14The Law of the Wilderness

1843

15The Blood-Feud

2343

16Who Are the Mountaineers?

1960

17When the Sleeper Wakes

1628

Our Southern Highlanders

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Chapters (17)

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