Our Southern Highlanders


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(5 stars; 10 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.

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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