An icon of the Southern Appalachian region known for the seminal books Camping and Woodcraft and Our Southern Highlanders, Horace Kephart was instrumental in efforts to establish the Appalachian Trail along the Tennessee-North Carolina border. But Kephart is perhaps best known for his decade-long crusade to help protect the Smokies as a national park. For Kephart, this campaign represented a personal commitment: "I owe my life to these mountains and I want them preserved so that others may profit from them," he wrote. The culmination of decades of tireless research and devoted scholarship, Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography is the compelling story of this librarian-turned-woodsman who had a far-reaching effect on wilderness literature and outdoor pursuits throughout North America. Kephart's advocacy for the establishment of Great Smoky Mountains National Park earned him the title Apostle of the Smokies. But it is his enigmatic charisma and multifaceted backstory that will draw readers in and hold them spellbound when they pick up this new title by co-authors George Ellison and Janet McCue published by Great Smoky Mountains Association, a nonprofit with a mission of support for the national park.
adult
George Ellison and Janet McCue.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
