Our Southern Highlanders

Horace Kephart

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