Our Southern Highlanders
Title | Our Southern Highlanders |
Publication Type | Magazine Article |
Year of Publication | 2011 |
Authors | Parke, Robert |
Magazine | Smoky Mountain Historical Society Journal and Newsletter |
Volume | 37 |
Issue Number | 2 |
Pages | 7-13 |
Date Published | summer |
Subjects | Black bears -- Food, Mountain life -- Hunting, Mountain people, Personal narratives, Tourism |
Description | Describes a camping trip to the Smoky Mountains in 1930, complete with conversations with residents and reactions to them by the city men on their adventure, which included a foray to check on bear traps. Includes a photograph of Mark Bohanan, the man who took them on the bear hunt, and his wife. |
Notes | Full text is available to members of the Smoky Mountain Historical Society. Originally published in The Bison, at the University of Buffalo. |