Kingsport, TN: Southern Publishers, Inc., 1939 Book. Very Good - Fine. Hardcover. Third Edition. 8vo. xiv, 212 pp, list of b&w illustrations, foreword, I. the Call of the Smokies; II. A Forgotten Frontier; III. Meet the Mountains; IV. Motoring in the Smokies; V. Afoot in the Smokies; VI. Hiking the Heights; VII. Building a Sylvan Museum; VIII. A Geological Romance; IX. Lo, the Poor Cherokee; X. A Buried Hatchet Dug Up; XI. "And There Was a Remnant Left; XII. High Horizons. Third Edition, October, 1939. Signed By The Author on half-title. Owner's inked name on prelim. Only the slightest wear with faintly age-toned bottom and fore- text block edges, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Decorative tan cloth with gilt, brown, and gray illustration on front board, brown lettering to spine, maroon top text block edge, and maps on endpapers..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 002760
Title: Land of High Horizons. [Signed By The Author]
Author: Bowman, Elizabeth Skaggs
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good - Fine
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: Third Edition
Publisher: Southern Publishers, Inc.
Place of Publication: Kingsport, TN
Date Published: 1939
Keywords: U.S. HISTORY REGIONAL THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK THE APPALACHIANS HISTORY DESCRIPTION TRAVEL
Bookseller catalogs: U. S. HISTORY;
Size: 8vo

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