Cades Cove
The Life and Death of a Southern Appalachian Community
University of Tennessee Press · Print & ebook · August 15, 1988
Winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award Drawing on a rich trove of documents never before available to scholars, Durwood Dunn sketches the early pioneers, their daily lives, their beliefs, and their struggles to survive and prosper in this isolated mountain community, now within the confines of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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- Who it’s for
- A serious, place-rooted history that reads like close conversation with the past.
- Genres
- Southern U.S. History, Cultural Heritage Lives, 19th-Century America
- Published
- University of Tennessee Press, August 15, 1988
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Winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award Drawing on a rich trove of documents never before available to scholars, Durwood Dunn sketches the early pioneers, their daily lives, their beliefs, and their struggles to survive and prosper in this isolated mountain community, now within the confines of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In moving detail this book brings to life an isolated mountain community, its struggle to survive, and the tragedy of its demise.
Place and Memory
A serious, place-rooted history that reads like close conversation with the past.
Come here for
- Southern Appalachian history with a local, lived-in feel
- layered cultural context without academic fog
Expect
- family and religion as historical currents
- steady, sustained reading
Where it sits
| Southern U.S. History | 97% |
|---|---|
| Cultural Heritage Lives | 56% |
| 19th-Century America | 50% |
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Publisher categories
- 19th-Century America
- 20th-Century America
- Southern U.S. History
- Mountains
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- Regional Studies
- Authors
- Durwood Dunn
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee Press
- Published
- August 15, 1988
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- 19th-Century America