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Terra Incognita - An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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Terra Incognita - An Annotated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
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"Terra Incognita" is the most comprehensive bibliography of sources
related to the Great Smoky Mountains ever created. Compiled and
edited by three librarians, this authoritative and meticulously
researched work is an indispensable reference for scholars and
students studying any aspect of the region's past.
Starting with the de Soto map of 1544, the earliest document that
purports to describe anything about the Great Smoky Mountains, and
continuing through 1934 with the establishment of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park--today the most visited national park in
the United States--this volume catalogs books, periodical and
journal articles, selected newspaper reports, government
publications, dissertations, and theses published during that
period.
This bibliography treats the Great Smoky Mountain Region in
western North Carolina and east Tennessee systematically and
extensively in its full historic and social context. Prefatory
material includes a timeline of the Great Smoky Mountains and a
list of suggested readings on the era covered. The book is divided
into thirteen thematic chapters, each featuring an introductory
essay that discusses the nature and value of the materials in that
section. Following each overview is an annotated bibliography that
includes full citation information and a bibliographic description
of each entry.
Chapters cover the history of the area; the Cherokee in the Great
Smoky Mountains; the national forest movement and the formation of
the national park; life in the locality; Horace Kephart, perhaps
the most important chronicler to document the mountains and their
inhabitants; natural resources; early travel; music; literature;
early exploration and science; maps; and recreation and tourism.
Sure to become a standard resource on this rich and vital region,
"Terra Incognita" is an essential acquisition for all academic and
public libraries and a boundless resource for researchers and
students of the region.
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