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August 2012

Robertson: “This small cascade is on the Roaring Fork Creek, rushing alongside the Roaring Fork Motor Drive.”

Smoky Mountains National Park: A Magical Place

Bill Robertson is happiest on the trail, in the Great Smokies’ backcountry, when there’s no one else around.
“Night Sounds,” by Frank Gallo, is priced at $18.99; “Bird Songs – 250 North American Birds in Song,” by Les Beletsky, is $45.00. To order, contact Eastern National, 210 Riceville Rd., Asheville, N.C. 28805, 828/299-3507, karens@easternnational.org.

Night Sounds

Who says you need peace and quiet for a good read? These books will engage your eyes and your ears!
Sam Venable has been on staff at the Knoxville News-Sentinel since 1970, as outdoors editor until 1985 and as a humor columnist since then. He is the author of 10 books, including “Mountain Hands: A Portrait of Southern Appalachia” and “Someday I May Find Honest Work.”

Sam Venable

Sam Venable has been on staff at the Knoxville News-Sentinel since 1970, as outdoors editor until 1985 and as a humor columnist since then. He is the author of 10 books...
Mary the Elephant. The town considered guns, electrocution and dismemberment before settling on hanging.

From The Archive: The Day They Hanged an Elephant in East Tennessee

In 1916 World War I raged in Europe. Dadaism, ripe with comic derision and irrationality, took hold in artistic circles. Margaret Sanger opened the first birth-control clinic. It was a good year for scapegoats. It was a good year to hang an elephant.
A retired Episcopal priest and native of Canton, N.C., Dan Matthews owns The Swag, a western North Carolina country inn, with his wife Deener.

Dan Matthews

A retired Episcopal priest and native of Canton, N.C., Dan Matthews owns The Swag, a western North Carolina country inn, with his wife Deener. His first parishes were in Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau; his last post was Trinity Church Wall Street...
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