Our Southern Highlanders

Our Southern Highlanders

LibriVox · Audiobook · 17 episodes

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.

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Episodes

Something Hidden Go and Find It

Episode 1 · 21:32
The Back of Beyond

Episode 2 · 26:08
The Great Smoky Mountains

Episode 3 · 33:21
A Bear Hunt in the Smokies

Episode 4 · 45:09
Moonshine Land

Episode 5 · 19:44
Ways That Are Dark

Episode 6 · 26:06
A Leaf from the Past

Episode 7 · 29:08
Blockaders and The Revenue

Episode 8 · 26:32
The Outlander and the Native

Episode 9 · 28:50
The People of the Hills

Episode 10 · 30:37
The Land of Do Without

Episode 11 · 31:11
Home Folks and Neighbor People

Episode 12 · 27:58
The Mountain Dialect

Episode 13 · 45:16
The Law of the Wilderness

Episode 14 · 30:43
The Blood-Feud

Episode 15 · 39:03
Who Are the Mountaineers?

Episode 16 · 32:40
When the Sleeper Wakes

Episode 17 · 27:08