Mount Le Conte

Paul J Adams

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Langue : anglais

Edité par University of Tennessee Press, 2016

1621901769 / 9781621901761

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In print for the first time in fifty years, Mount Le Conte is a reissue of the important 1966 self-published memoir by Paul J. Adams (1901?1985), a well-known Tennessee naturalist and the first custodian of the Smoky Mountain?s majestic summit in the years before the area was declared a national park. Appointed custodian of Mount Le Conte in 1925 by the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association?the organization leading the national park efforts that would come to fruition in 1934?Adams went to work immediately and spent a year making the camp suitable for overnight visitors. Mount Le Conte, a massive mile-high formation extending five miles from the main divide of the Great Smoky Mountains, with its rugged landscapes, rushing streams, and fecund forests, was considered a prime showplace in efforts to establish the Smokies as a national park. In addition to an extensive introduction, the editors have augmented the original text of Mount Le Conte with several photographs and sketches gleaned from Adams?s personal papers, resulting in a fuller, more complete reconstruction of Adams?s role in establishing the camp that would later come to be known as Le Conte Lodge. An important source on the fascinating history of Mount Le Conte in the pre-Park era, this book is a companion to the recently published Smoky Jack: The Adventures of a Dog and his Master on Mount Le Conte (University of Tennessee Press, 2016).…

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Titre
Mount Le Conte
Auteur
Paul J Adams
Éditeur
University of Tennessee Press
Année de publication
2016
État de l'article
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Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
1621901769
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781621901761

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