[DemonDeac]

Great book.

[jay1949]

***Mountain Folk and Log Cabins Ping List***

[squarebarb]

Jay, thanks again for these great posts.

[RSmithOpt]

FYI: My family is from W. Virginia and NC mountains (Boone area). The part Kephart refers in his writings about mountain folk is still true today with those that still live remotely and are from the mountain lineage:

"As a friend, no one will spring quicker to your aid, reckless of consequences, and fight with you to the last ditch; but fear of betrayal lies at the very bottom of his nature. His sleepless suspicion of ulterior motives is no more, no less, than a feral trait, inherited from a long line of forebears whose isolated lives were preserved only by incessant vigilance against enemies that stalked by night and struck without warning."

[Dudoight]

I really enjoy this ‘Backcountry’ site. My ancestors domiciled in Tennessee and NC and I try to imagine what life was like all those years ago.

Thanks...

[Jonah Hex]

Another good writer about the Carolina highlands was Manly Wade Wellman (passed away 1986). His stories tended to use mountain folklore as a basis (especially his Silver John stories), but he captured the Carolina mountaineer spirit well.

[cva66snipe]

I’ve often wondered what those areas loked like before the park. Thanks for the view.