Cemeteries of the Smokies

Cemeteries of the Smokies
Author: Joey Heath
Publisher:
Total Pages: 704
Release: 2017-10-05
Genre: Blount County (Tenn.)
ISBN: 9780937207925

An in-depth guide to the more than 150 cemeteries in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Includes cemetery locations, histories, list of burials, and cemetery preservation issues.

Decoration Day in the Mountains

Decoration Day in the Mountains
Author: Alan Jabbour
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2010
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0807833975

Decoration Day is a late spring or summer tradition that involves cleaning a community cemetery, decorating it with flowers, holding a religious service in the cemetery, and having dinner on the grounds. These commemorations seem to predate the post-Civil

Smoky Mountains Cemeteries

Smoky Mountains Cemeteries
Author: Mike Maples
Publisher:
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2017-11-12
Genre: Cemeteries
ISBN: 9781979445986

Smoky Mountains Cemeteries is an excellent research guide on families that settled and lived inside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Also, a hiking reference book to use while exploring the trails of the mountains. Author Mike Maples has over 40 years hiking experience inside the Smoky Mountains and has written several books on the subjects from genealogy to waterfalls.

Cemeteries and the Life of a Smoky Mountain Community

Cemeteries and the Life of a Smoky Mountain Community
Author: Gary S. Foster
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2019-07-04
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 3030232956

In one of the few studies to draw upon cemetery data to reconstruct the social organization, social change, and community composition of a specific area, this volume contributes to the growing body of sociohistorical examinations of Appalachia. The authors herein reconstruct the Cades Cove community in the Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, USA, a mountain community from circa 1818 to 1939, whose demise can be traced to the establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. By supplementing a statistical analysis of Cades Cove’s twenty-seven cemeteries, completed as a National Park Study (#GRSM-01120), with ethnographic examination, the authors reconstruct the community in detail to reveal previously overlooked social patterns and interactions, including insight into the death culture and death-lore of the Upland South. This work establishes cemeteries as window into (proxies of) communities, demonstrating the relevance of socio-demographic data presented by statistical and other analyses of gravestones for Appalachian Studies, Regional Studies, Cemetery Studies, and Sociology and Anthropology.

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act

Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness Act
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Subcommittee on Public Lands and Reserved Water
Publisher:
Total Pages: 648
Release: 1984
Genre: Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Agency)
ISBN:

Hiking Trails of the Smokies

Hiking Trails of the Smokies
Author: Don DeFoe
Publisher: Great Smoky Mountains Association
Total Pages: 586
Release: 1994
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN:

Map has titles: Great Smoky Mountains trail map; Great Smoky Mountains hiking map.

Smoky Mountain Tales, Volume 1

Smoky Mountain Tales, Volume 1
Author: Dr Gail Palmer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2013-01
Genre: Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.)
ISBN: 9780982373545

A creative non-fiction work built on stories about actual feuds, murder of individuals and disasters that occurred throughout Great Smoky Mountains prior to the area becoming a national park. The stories read like excerpts from a novel, but are based on true stories, some information taken from court documents and intervews. Reading these stories helps give the reader an image and a voice to those who used to live in the mountain areas of East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. "As usual, Dr. Palmer spins a good yarn in the style, and often in the vernacular, of her beloved Appalachian kin folks. Some of the accounts were familiar but others were new to me. All were captivating and entertaining. As the old adage goes, history is a compilation of rumor. However, via scholarly interpretations of the clues she had to go on, she skillfully breathed life into these tales." Allen R. Coggins, author and Smoky Mountain tour guide

Night Photography and Light Painting

Night Photography and Light Painting
Author: Lance Keimig
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2015-05-15
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1317964616

Lance Keimig, one of the premier experts on night photography, has put together a comprehensive reference that will show you ways to capture images you never thought possible. This new edition of Night Photography presents the practical techniques of shooting at night alongside theory and history, illustrated with clear, concise examples, and charts and stunning images. From urban night photography to photographing the landscape by starlight or moonlight, from painting your subject with light to creating a subject with light, this book provides a complete guide to digital night photography and light painting.

Kentucky Rifles of the Great Smoky Mountains

Kentucky Rifles of the Great Smoky Mountains
Author: Randal Pierce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 71
Release: 2018-08-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732671805

This book is a documentation of the exhibit entitled Kentucky Rifles of the Great Smoky Mountains held at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, Tennessee from May 1 through October 25, 2018. The exhibit was sponsored by the Kentucky Rifle Foundation, http://kentuckyriflefoundation.org/ , and showcases southern mountain rifles from Eastern Tennessee and Western North CarolinaThe body of the book provides a two-page layout on each rifle in the exhibit. Each layout begins with a description of the rifle, its builder if known, and the area of the Smokies where it was built. These descriptions are based on the rifles' style and particular characteristics, established by where the builder lived and other similar rifles found in that local area. The description is complemented by a half-dozen detailed photos of the rifle, on a white background. The photos typically show a full-length photo of the rifle, a detail of each side of the butt stock, and top and bottom views. Additional photos are of details such as the builder's signature and patchbox.The book also contains layouts of the four pistols and three accessory sets including hunting bags and powder horns that were part of the exhibit. As an appendix, the book contains a table giving related dimensions for each of the rifles and pistols providing information such as caliber, overall length, barrel length, trigger pull, and drop of the butt plate. This information is especially useful to researchers and contemporary builders. The book ends with a collage of photos related to the exhibit.The book should be of interest to local historians and anyone interested in the Kentucky rifle and its use in colonial America. It should be of particular interest to anyone owning one of these rifles or seeking to learn how to recognize the nuances of southern mountain rifles from the Smokies. The book contains over 175 full-color high resolution photographs of the 23 rifles, 4 pistols, and hunting accessories, in an 8.5 X 11-inch format.