Wildsam great smoky mountains guide gives visitors new and deeper ways of seeing the country's most-visited national park. Featuring interviews with novelist ron rash and chef john fleer, the book also includes the voices of wildlife biologists, appalachian trail through-hikers, members of the eastern band of cherokee indians, candy-makers, and rafting outfitters, among others. Topics covered include biodiversity, civil war tensions, fugitives, foraging, moonshine, cherokee language preservation, threats to old-growth forests, and more.