Elkmont's Uncle Lem Ownby
Elkmont's Uncle Lem Ownby
by F. Carroll McMahan
English | EPUB | 4.5 MB
by F. Carroll McMahan
English | EPUB | 4.5 MB
Bornin 1889 in the Smoky Mountains, Lem Ownby became one of the region’s mostrecognized figures. Sight-impaired from an early age, Lem spent his lifelogging, bear hunting, farming and tending his beehives. He welcomed thearrival of logging operations into the pristine wilderness but became an eyewitnessto the devastation it brought to land, streams and wildlife. As the lastleaseholder living within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lem became alegend, selling his honey and offering pearls of wisdom to hikers, writers andeven the governor. Lem’s principles remained solid, his opinions so unwaveringthat he once refused to entertain two Supreme Court justices. Enter the forestwith author F. Carroll McMahan as he tells dramatic, fascinating and sometimeshumorous stories of a man who lived truly on his own terms.