Our Southern HighlandersHorace Kephart
Our Southern Highlanders
by OpenStories
Original author: Horace Kephart
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"Our Southern Highlanders" by Horace Kephart is a book first published in 1913 and revised in 1922. Based on Kephart's years living among inhabitants of the remote Hazel Creek region in the Great Smoky Mountains, it offers one of the earliest realistic portrayals of Appalachian mountain life and culture. The work chronicles Kephart's experiences after leaving his librarian career to recover from illness and personal struggles in the wilderness, documenting the customs, environment, and people of this isolated region.
Our Southern Highlanders, by Horace Kephart. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #31709.
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18 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter392 words
- 2.Chapter I: "something Hidden; Go and Find It"3,553 words
- 3.Chapter II: "the Back of Beyond"4,618 words
- 4.Chapter III: The Great Smoky Mountains5,129 words
- 5.Chapter IV: A Bear Hunt in the Smokies6,918 words
- 6.Chapter V: Moonshine Land3,164 words
- 7.Chapter VI: Ways That Are Dark4,112 words
- 8.Chapter VII: A Leaf From the Past4,334 words
- 9.Chapter VIII: "blockaders" and "the Revenue"4,943 words
- 10.Chapter IX: The Outlander and the Native4,324 words
- 11.Chapter X: The People of the Hills4,621 words
- 12.Chapter XI: The Land of Do Without4,839 words
- 13.Chapter XII: Home Folks and Neighbor People4,012 words
- 14.Chapter XIII: The Mountain Dialect5,668 words
- 15.Chapter XIV: The Law of the Wilderness4,444 words
- 16.Chapter XV: The Blood-Feud5,647 words
- 17.Chapter XVI: Who Are the Mountaineers?4,623 words
- 18.Chapter XVII: "when the Sleeper Wakes"4,314 words