Books
It Happened in the Great Smokies
Stories of Events and People that Shaped a National Park
From discovering Cherokee plant remedies to the founding of Dollywood.
Extraordinary events and notable characters from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
From an eighteenth-century Cherokee feast to a deadly wildfire that destroyed a town, It Happened in the Great Smokies looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of America's most visited national park.
Learn how Cherokee leader Nanye-hi earned the respect of her tribe and thwarted a war against white settlers.
Discover how the community of Gatlinburg banded together to save their school and preserve the area's traditional crafts.
Relive the freak blizzard in March of 1993 that caught over one hundred Detroit-area high school students and faculty by surprise and tested their survival skills during a ten-day camping trip.
Find out about what inspired one man to transform a chair into a backpack to carry his elderly mother on a twelve-mile round-trip hike to the peak of Mount LeConte.
Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and taught US history at Motlow College in Lynchburg, Tennessee, from 1970 to 2006. He has hiked and camped in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for almost sixty years. He is also the author of Death in the Great Smoky Mountains, It Happened in the Civil War, and It Happened in the Revolutionary War.
From discovering Cherokee plant remedies to the founding of Dollywood.
Extraordinary events and notable characters from Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
From an eighteenth-century Cherokee feast to a deadly wildfire that destroyed a town, It Happened in the Great Smokies looks at intriguing people and episodes from the history of America's most visited national park.
Learn how Cherokee leader Nanye-hi earned the respect of her tribe and thwarted a war against white settlers.
Discover how the community of Gatlinburg banded together to save their school and preserve the area's traditional crafts.
Relive the freak blizzard in March of 1993 that caught over one hundred Detroit-area high school students and faculty by surprise and tested their survival skills during a ten-day camping trip.
Find out about what inspired one man to transform a chair into a backpack to carry his elderly mother on a twelve-mile round-trip hike to the peak of Mount LeConte.
Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, and taught US history at Motlow College in Lynchburg, Tennessee, from 1970 to 2006. He has hiked and camped in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park for almost sixty years. He is also the author of Death in the Great Smoky Mountains, It Happened in the Civil War, and It Happened in the Revolutionary War.
Share:
Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Tell a friend