{"product_id":"mount-le-conte-9781621901761","title":"Mount Le Conte","description":"\u003cp\u003e In print for the first time in fifty years, Mount Le Conte is a reissue of the important 1966 self-published memoir by Paul J. Adams (1901-1985), a well-known Tennessee naturalist and the first custodian of the Smoky Mountain's majestic summit in the years before the area was declared a national park. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Appointed custodian of Mount Le Conte in 1925 by the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation Association, Adams went to work immediately and spent a year making the camp suitable for overnight visitors. Mount Le Conte, a massive mile-high formation extending five miles from the main divide of the Great Smoky Mountains, with its rugged landscapes, rushing streams, and fecund forests, was considered a prime showplace in efforts to establish the Smokies as a national park. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In addition to an extensive introduction, the editors have augmented the original text of Mount Le Conte with several photographs and sketches gleaned from Adams's personal papers, resulting in a fuller, more complete reconstruction of Adams's role in establishing the camp that would later come to be known as Le Conte Lodge. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e An important source on the fascinating history of Mount Le Conte in the pre-Park era, this book is a companion to the recently published \u003ci\u003eSmoky Jack: The Adventures of a Dog and his Master on Mount Le Conte \u003c\/i\u003e(University of Tennessee Press, 2016). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e ANNE BRIDGES AND KEN WISE are co-directors of the Great Smoky Mountains Regional Project and coeditors, with Russell Clement, of \u003ci\u003eTerra Incognita: An Anno­tated Bibliography of the Great Smoky Mountains, 1544-1934. \u003c\/i\u003eBridges is an associ­ate professor at the John C. Hodges Library at the University of Tennessee. Wise is a professor at the John C. Hodges Library, author of \u003ci\u003eHiking Trails of the Great Smoky Mountains, \u003c\/i\u003eand co-author of \u003ci\u003eA Natural History of Mount Le Conte.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Tennessee Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621901761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.50w x 0.40d","brand":"Kenneth Wise, Paul J. Adams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45331872972981,"sku":"9781621901761","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b42edc44-fd7c-420e-bd63-8109ab4076a6.jpg?v=1745938349","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mount-le-conte-9781621901761","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}