Horace Kephart by George Frizzell7/4/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Until recently, the most reliable source of biographical information on Kephart was George Ellison's introduction to the 1976 edition of Our Southern Highlanders. Two new volumes, a biography and an edited volume of writing about and by Kephart, give us a more complete understanding of the elusive writer. However, the details of his life, and much of his literary output, have remained obscure. Many may be familiar with the almost legendary tale of the prominent librarian who, following a breakdown, retreats to the Southern mountains where he lives out the final 3 decades of his life. Horace Kephart has remained an enigmatic figure, even as his two major works retain their status as classics of their respective genres more than a century after their publication. Best known as the author of two books, Camping and Woodcraft (Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2011) and Our Southern Highlanders, (Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2012). ![]()
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