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Our Southern Highlanders

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