Historic tales of Sylva and Jackson County / Jim Buchanan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchanan, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson County (N.C.)--History.

Jackson County (N.C.).

Mountain life--North Carolina--Jackson County--Anecdotes.

Mountain life.

Mountain life--North Carolina--Sylva--Anecdotes.

Manners and customs.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Folk literature.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (106 pages)

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2020]

Summary:

"Before the coming of the four-lane, Jackson County was an insular community defined by geography - wedged in between the Great Smokies and Blue Ridge escarpment, bisected by thousands of miles of streams. The people who settled the area tended to be tough as pine knots but also tended to be salt-of-the-earth. This book offers tales of a time of transition in the area, when arguments over whether someone should opt to have an electric wire run to their home weren't far separated from quibbling over Internet service providers. Inside are tales from logging camps, fields, gardens and lonesome game trails and stories of challenges faced with the unique sense of mountain humor. Local columnist Jim Buchanan tells tales of bear hunts, cool springs and creatures great and small."--Back cover

Contents:

Introduction

A-hunting we will go

A walk among the flora and fauna - but mostly snakes

Mountain character, mountain characters

Moving through the year.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439669860

1439669864