{"product_id":"mountain-days-paul-m-fink-9781469651842","title":"Mountain Days: A Journal of Camping Experiences in the Mountains of Tennessee and North Carolina, 1914-1938","description":"In 1974, Paul M. Fink published \u003ci\u003eBackpacking Was the Only Way, \u003c\/i\u003e a memoir of exploration in the Smoky Mountain backcountry that is long out of print. The basis of the book was a journal kept from 1914 to 1938, combined with evocative photographs that Fink compiled into a manuscript he called \u003ci\u003eMountain Days.\u003c\/i\u003e The manuscript is now considered to be a unique and insightful first-person account of the region. Containing rare historical accounts of the manways, camps, and cabins once used by adventurers exploring the mountains before the advent of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, this is the first widely-accessible publication of \u003ci\u003eMountain Days.\u003c\/i\u003e This edition features a new foreword by Ken Wise, professor and director of the Great Smoky Mountain Regional Project at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville's John C. Hodges Library. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn open access edition of \u003ci\u003eMountains Days\u003c\/i\u003e is available from the Hunter Library at Western Carolina University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul M. Fink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 146965184X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781469651842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Western Carolina University Hunter Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d","brand":"Paul M. Fink","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983621062911,"sku":"9781469651842","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a7da9569-d605-4422-9e19-540ad77d89c2.jpg?v=1683267739","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mountain-days-paul-m-fink-9781469651842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}