Seekers of scenery : travel writing from southern Appalachia, 1840-1900 / edited by Kevin E. O'Donnell and Helen Hollingsworth.

Other author O'Donnell, Kevin E., 1962-
Other author Hollingsworth, Helen, 1930-
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoKnoxville : University of Tennessee Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxix, 385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Appalachian Region, Southern--Description and travel.

Contents Introduction : scenery, markets, and mountaineers / Kevin E. O'Donnell -- Sketches of Georgia / by George Cooke -- Dahlonega (letters from the Alleghany Mountains) / by Charles Lanman -- On Lookout Mountain (with illustrations by Harry Fenn) / by Oliver Bell Bunce -- From The industrial region of northern Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia / by Julian Ralph -- A week on Walden's Ridge I / by Bradford Torrey -- A winter in the South (4th paper of 7) / by David Hunter Strother (Porte Crayon) -- The French Broad / by Constance Fenimore Woolson -- The Yares of the Black Mountains / by Rebecca Harding Davis -- On horseback II / by Charles Dudley Warner -- A strange land and a peculiar people / by William Wallace Harney -- In the backwoods of Carolina / by Louise Coffin Jones -- Through Cumberland Gap on horseback / by James Lane Allen -- Mountain life in Tennessee / by Lee Meriwether -- A little moonshiner / by Margaret Johann -- A Negro schoolmaster in the new South / by W. E. B. Du Bois -- The Grandfather of North Carolina / by Jehu Lewis -- A trip to Mt. Mitchell in North Carolina / by George Dimmock -- The Great Smoky Mountains and Thunderhead Peak / by Frank O. Carpenter.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 367-379) and index.
LCCN 2004012275
ISBN1572332786 (acid-free paper)

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Joyner NC Stacks F217.A65 S44 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold