Strangers in High Places:The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains - Softcover

Frome, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087049287X ISBN 13: 9780870492877

Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Press, 1981

Synopsis

Michael Frome's classic Strangers in High Places has captured wide attention and admiration of nature lovers, environmentalists, and professionals since its first publication in 1966. His superbly written account tells the story of the Great Smoky Mountains and their inhabitants - Eastern Cherokee Indians, back country settlers, lumbermen, moonshiners, bears, and boars. Frome chronicles the power struggles, legislation, and land transactions surrounding the creation of the national park and discusses the continuing threats to the park's natural beauty. In this updated edition, Frome continues his pleas for the protection and preservation of the wilderness. He suggests alternatives to commercial overdevelopment and the destruction of the Great Smokies' flora and fauna, using recent cases such as the Tellico Dam project as examples. Always emphasizing man's relationship with his surroundings, From relates the story of the Great Smoky Mountains with respect and affection for the region, its people and their history. --- from book's back cover

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Book Description

In this expanded edition of his classic Strangers in High Places, Michael Frome continues to capture the attention and admiration of nature lovers, environmentalists, and professionals as he reviews the last quarter-century in and around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  Frome's superbly written account tells the story of the Great Smoky Mountains and their inhabitants—Eastern Cherokee, back-country settlers, lumbermen, moonshiners, bears and boars.  Frome chronicles the power struggles, legislation, and land transactions surrounding the creation of the national park and discusses the continuing threats to the park's natural beauty.  
Frome's recent conversations with residents, new and old, along with a complement of historic and contemporary photographs, confirm the views stated in the book's original 1966 edition.
The author brings his knowledge, experience, and insights to bear on "one of God's special places." He suggests alternatives to commercial overdevelopment and the destruction of the Great Smokies' flora and fauna, citing recent cases such as the Tellico Dam project and the continuing pollution of the Pigeon River.  Always emphasizing our inevitable relationship with our surroundings, Frome relates the story of the Great Smoky Mountains with respect and affection for the region, its people, and their history.

Michael Frome ranks among the foremost American authors on travel and conservation.  His interests are closely associated with national parks, national forests, and natural beauty in the United States and other countries.  He has been a columnist and correspondent for major newspapers and magazines and a university lecturer.  He is author of Conscience of a Conservationist: Selected Essays.

About the Author

Michael Frome ranks among the foremost American authors on travel and conservation. His interests are closely associated with national parks, national forests, and natural beauty in the United States and other countries. He has been a columnist and correspondent for major newspapers and magazines and a university lecturer. He is author of Conscience of a Conservationist: Selected Essays.

Edition details

• Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Press
• Publication date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 087049287X
• ISBN 13: 9780870492877
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 391