Book description
Cades Cove
The Life and Death of a Southern Appalachian Community, 1818-1937
Durwood Dunn
Winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award!
Drawing on a rich trove of documents never before available to scholars, the author sketches the early pioneers, their daily lives, their beliefs, and their struggles to survive and…
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Why read it?
1 author picked Cades Cove as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Not only a reference book, this fact-filled book has tons of details and interesting people; often, it reads like a narrative, delving readers like me right into the corn fields, one-room schoolhouses, and lives of mountain folk.
I loved this book because it gave me a full-circle picture of Cades Cove and its surrounding areas. I love learning the true stories–good and bad–of the people who lived in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it became a park, and this book delivers.
From Catherine's list on The best books about Smoky Mountain history: from moonshine to marriage, from traditions to love.
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