CONTENTS 
I. THE PEACH TREES ARE IN BLOOM . . I 
II. TRAUMFEST ON THE BLUE RIDGE . . 6 
III. THE FOREST 15 
IV. THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN NATIONAL 
PARK 24 
V. HOW SPRING COMES IN THE SOUTHERN 
MOUNTAINS 36 
VI. THE CARNIVAL 49 
VII. SUMMER IN THE MOUNTAINS ... 62 
VIII. AUTUMN 70 
IX. IS IT WINTER? 79 
X. Cesar's head and chimney rock . . 88 
XI. THE high mountains 102 
XII. FLAT ROCK COMMUNITY, AN IDEAL OF 
THE PAST Ill 
XIII. ASHEVILLE II9 
XIV. THE EARLY SETTLERS 138 
XV. BILTMORE AND THE NEW ERA . . .148 
XVI. THE PEOPLE 161 
XVII. THE SPEECH OF THE MOUNTAINS . . 171 
XVIII. 'light and come in 182 
XIX. PENELOPE AND NAUSICAA . . . .190 
XX. A VANISHING ROMANCE . . . .201 
XXI. CHURCH AND SCHOOL 218 
XXII. THE CHEROKEE NATION . . . .232 
XXIII. THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS . . 239 
