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Author: Bonnie Trentham Myers
Publisher: Myers & Myers Pub
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9780972783934
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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
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Published: 2005-09-01
Total Pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9780937207475
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 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: Catherine Astl
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Published: 2023-10-23
Total Pages: 0
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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: Durwood Dunn
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Published: 1988-08-15
Total Pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780870495595
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"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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Published: 1839
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Margaret McCaulley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2008-08-01
Total Pages: 111
ISBN-13: 1625843771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne 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
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 387
ISBN-13: 0547750331
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exploration of the fast food industry in the United States, from its roots to its long-term consequences.
Author: Horace Kephart
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Published: 1913
Total Pages: 472
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Muriel Rukeyser
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Published: 2018
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781946684219
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten 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.
Author: Robert R. Madden
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 72
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