{"product_id":"letters-from-the-smokies","title":"Letters From The Smokies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/smokieslife.org\/2024\/05\/26\/letters-from-the-smokies-book-awarded-for-contributions-to-regional-history\/\"\u003eProject Excellence Award\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom East Tennessee Historical Society\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eWithin the archives of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a wealth of knowledge is tucked away in more than a million time-worn documents.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetters from the Smokies\u003c\/em\u003e, written by the park’s librarian-archivist, makes some of the most salient of its letters readily available for the first time. Meet a Tennessee woman who wrote about Southern life under a male pseudonym. Follow celebrated ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson on an epic road trip that included the Smokies. Learn how an artificial lake would have engulfed the park’s beloved Cades Cove. And hear the remarkable tale of a Smokies bobcat gifted to a US president. These letters sensitively presented, explained, and contextualized by author\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/smokieslife.org\/2023\/10\/18\/new-book-features-letters-from-park-archives\/\"\u003eMike Aday\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emanage to capture centuries of history in a way that makes this region’s tangled story tangible, immediate, and recognizably human.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smokies Life Wholesale","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42750925439024,"sku":"401061","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/1737\/2720\/files\/LFTS-Cover-2nd-ed-scaled.jpg?v=1770215981","url":"https:\/\/townsendmercantileco.com\/products\/letters-from-the-smokies","provider":"TownsendMercantileCo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}