Our Southern Highlanders


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(4.9 stars; 7 reviews)

Our Southern Highlanders is a memoir of the Pennsylvania-born writer and librarian Horace Kephart, documenting his experiences and cultural observations during his time living in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina. - Summary by Meredith Womac Cook.

Please note that due to the time period and setting, it contains some offensive language and overt racism. (8 hr 41 min)

Chapters

Something Hidden Go and Find It 21:32 Read by Meredith Womac Cook
The Back of Beyond 26:08 Read by Meredith Womac Cook
The Great Smoky Mountains 33:21 Read by Brize C
A Bear Hunt in the Smokies 45:09 Read by Brize C
Moonshine Land 19:44 Read by Brize C
Ways That Are Dark 26:06 Read by Brize C
A Leaf from the Past 29:08 Read by Brize C
Blockaders and The Revenue 26:32 Read by Cbteddy
The Outlander and the Native 28:50 Read by Brize C
The People of the Hills 30:37 Read by Brize C
The Land of Do Without 31:11 Read by Brize C
Home Folks and Neighbor People 27:58 Read by Brize C
The Mountain Dialect 45:16 Read by Brize C
The Law of the Wilderness 30:43 Read by Brize C
The Blood-Feud 39:03 Read by Brize C
Who Are the Mountaineers? 32:40 Read by Brize C
When the Sleeper Wakes 27:08 Read by Brize C

Reviews

back of beyond


(5 stars)

lol i cried at the end of this chapter