Cades Cove: The Life and Death of a Southern Appalachian Community 1818-1937
Relying on documentary sources, Dunn's revisionist history challenges accounts of the Great Smoky's Cades Cove mountain folk presented by previous historians and fiction writers. Dunn shows that this East Tennessee community was from its origin no less progressive than the nation as a whole. Appearances to the contrary only arose from an atypical portion of the community or from its temporary regression following the Civil War. Ironically, outsiders' "progress" and not its own deficiencies led to the community's demise. Should appeal to scholars and general readers. Recommended for public libraries in the South and most academic libraries.Brent A. Nelson, Univ. of Arkansas at Little Rock Lib.Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.