David Chapman did the heavy lifting to establish the Great Smoky Mountains National Park 75 years ago. Continue Reading »
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Moving Mountains
24 March 2009
Bringing Up the Bells
12 March 2009
Corey and Millicent Bell have only six children at home. Yes, only. Because, you see, they used to have eight. Continue Reading »
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Alaska at 50: Still Foreign to Many Down South
09 December 2008
Knoxville native John d'Armand (Knoxville '58), who has spent much of his life in Alaska, reflects on territorial days. Continue Reading »
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A Degree of Danger
26 September 2008
U.S. Army Lt. Jeremiah Manning has a perfectly good excuse to put off finishing his master's degree in civil engineering. Continue Reading »
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A Wrangler’s Retrospective
12 May 2008
Sometimes the line between life-changing dreams and nightmares runs thin as the queen of hearts. Continue Reading »
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The Future is China
29 February 2008
From my 24th-floor office in northeast Beijing, each day I survey the startling expansion and transformation of the city. Continue Reading »
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Academy Rewards
08 January 2008
The Tennessee Governor's Academy for Mathematics and Science in Knoxville is a radically different kind of school. Continue Reading »
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A Smoky Mountain Queen
08 January 2008
I gave my first reading of my children's novel, Gentle's Holler, in Sylva, North Carolina, in the spring of 2005. Continue Reading »
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Blown Away
18 September 2007
Two years ago, Erin Moore was starting her sophomore year at the University of New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit. Continue Reading »
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Worth the Coming Home
01 July 2007
SENATE LAWYER BECOMES UNPAID SMOKIES MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST! I fully expected to see this newspaper headline. Continue Reading »
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