Seekers of Scenery: Travel Writing from Southern Appalachia, 1840-1900Kevin E. O'Donnell, Helen Hollingsworth Univ. of Tennessee Press, 2004 - 385 pagina's During the nineteenth century, American travelers began to "discover" southern Appalachia and to define it within mainstream American culture. As a result, American periodicals--from national publications such as Harper's and The Atlantic Monthly to smaller circulation magazines such as DeBow's and The Lakeside Monthly--published a great deal about the region, which encompasses parts of Virginia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. |
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SCENERY MARKETS | 1 |
HABERSHAM CO TALLULAH GORGE TOCCOA FALLS | 41 |
ON LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS | 59 |
From THE INDUSTRIAL REGION OF NORTHERN | 71 |
A WEEK ON WALDENS RIDGE I BY BRADFORD TORREY | 83 |
WRITERS | 97 |
BALD MOUNTAIN YANCEY CO NC SPIVEY CREEK | 100 |
THE FRENCH BROAD BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE | 131 |
THROUGH CUMBERLAND GAP ON HORSEBACK | 249 |
MOUNTAIN LIFE IN TENNESSEE BY LEE MERIWETHER | 275 |
A LITTLE MOONSHINER BY MARGARET JOHANN | 285 |
A NEGRO SCHOOLMASTER IN THE NEW SOUTH | 295 |
THE GRANDFATHER OF NORTH CAROLINA BY JEHU LEWIS | 307 |
A TRIP TO MT MITCHELL IN NORTH CAROLINA | 319 |
THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS AND THUNDERHEAD PEAK | 331 |
NOTES | 341 |
ASHEVILLE ALEXANDER WARM SPRINGS | 133 |
THE YARES OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS | 173 |
ON HORSEBACK II BY CHARLES DUDLEY WARNER | 193 |
A STRANGE LAND AND A PECULIAR PEOPLE | 217 |
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