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Correspondence: George Kephart to Michael Frome

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  • I would have corrected your impression, expressed at pages 150 and 3?5> that Kephart was unaware of, or chose to ignore, those who preceded him with accounts of the Smokies. Did you read page 12 of "Our Southern Highlanders" where my father refers to novels by lass Mirfree, John Fox, Jr., and Alice 2-JacC-owan? Was he wrong in his reference to what you term a "...momentous document published in 1902 by the Federal Government.,."? It is to my father's credit "that, in 190kf when he was seeking information on the Smokies, he unearthed such a document in "...the dustiest rooms of a great library..." (This is an unimportant misquotation). The document covered a subject of very minor public interest when published, in 1902. Regardless of its ultimate value, is it surprising, then, that it was still relatively unknown when my father found it in 1904? I would have commented on your statement (page 375) regarding Kephart's treatment of the mountain dialect, where you say: "Kephart, too, is disappointing, despite his manifest absorption in the speech of the hills-man and the abundant linguistic observations contained in his note-books. He seems to have been impressed particularly by what would look like good dialect on paper..." Do you recall this, in the "Preface to the Revised Edition" of "Our Southern Highlanders"?: "Ho one book can give a complete survey of mountain life in all its aspects. 1-juch must be loft out. I have chosen to write about those features that seemed to_mo most picturesque. (Underscoring supplied"). The narrative is to be taken literally. There is not a lino of fiction or exaggeration in it." There are other matters in which I could have helped you to become better informed, had you accorded me the opportunity. Recognising that I am biased, I have tried to place myself in your position, to determine your objectives in writing "Strangers in High Places." I believe you have sought answers to three questions — Who were those Strangers, Why did they come, and What heritage of knowledge or pleasure have they left for the millions who are following them into these mountains? Considering the reading public to which I believe your book is addressed, I assume that the third question is the most important. You apparently concur in this assumption in your Chapter III on William Bartram. In three short paragraphs (pages 22-23) you dispose of his reasons for coming; these being his dedicated interest in natural history and the fact that 'William Bartram "...spent his youth in floundering and failure. He tried to earn his living as a merchant, farmer, trader on the North Carolina seacoast, as a rice and indigo planter in Florida. As a business man he encountered wretched disaster, being forced to flee to escape creditors, and for times his whereabouts were unknown." That explanation
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