Cades Cove: The Life and Death of a Southern Appalachian Community, 1818-1937

xvi ,319 pp. Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and maps. 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 prosper in this isolated mountain community. In moving detail, this book brings to life its struggle to survive, and the tragedy of its demise.