A Wonderment of Mountains The Great Smokies |
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| Author:
| Brewer, Carson |
| Contribution by:
| Venable, Sam |
| ISBN: | 978-1-57233-240-9 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2003 |
| Publisher: | University of Tennessee Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $25.00 |
Book Description:
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"Carson Brewer at his absolute best." - Sam Venable
Carson Brewer on...
Mountain places
Snow was nice and crunchy underfoot. Not crunchy like peanuts or cornflakes. Rather, it was a silky whispery crunchy.
Mountain plants
You can bury your nose deep in the cool violet bed and smell the mix of life and death while pondering the unceasing cycle of each into the other.
Mountain People
Lem...
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"Carson Brewer at his absolute best." - Sam Venable
Carson Brewer on...
Mountain places
Snow was nice and crunchy underfoot. Not crunchy like peanuts or cornflakes. Rather, it was a silky whispery crunchy.
Mountain plants
You can bury your nose deep in the cool violet bed and smell the mix of life and death while pondering the unceasing cycle of each into the other.
Mountain People
Lem Ownby...has plowed oxen, mules, and horses on the forty-four acre farm on Jakes Creek. But he has never owned or driven an automobile.
The Author: Carson Brewer was a reporter and columnist for more than forty years. His columns on conservation issues and on the Great Smoky Mountains earned him the E.J. Meeman Conservation Award (twice) from the Scripps-Howard Foundation, the Golden Press Card award from the Society of Professional Journalists (which also named a scholarship in his honor in 1984), and the inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award from the Knoxville Writers Guild. He died on January 15, 2003.