I've hiked in the smokies many years as a member of the smoky mountains hiking club. I enjoyed this book very much.
This author's book is for me the #1 comprehensive book about the Great Smoky Mountains. The chapters encompass the history of the geology, flora, fauna, and peoples of this beautiful region, woven in a chronological fashion from the mountains formation to modern times.
This book is a must have for any library on Appalachia or the Great Smoky Mountains. Michael Frome does an admirable job balancing sensitivity for the mountain people, their customs, attitudes, and anomalies with historical research and insightful commentary about the creation of the Park and its future.
This book is a must for all who love the Smoky Mountains. In it you meet those players who made this magical place what it is today, including the wind and rain, early pioneers and geologists, loggers, whisky distillers, woodsmen and rangers.
God's favorite part of His creation has to be the Smoky Mountains. Even so, after reading this book, I lamented that the park was ever created.
