Hiking into History

Daniel (Dan) Pierce is a Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina Asheville where he taught courses in Appalachian, North Carolina, Southern, and Environmental History.  He is an avid hiker, biker, and pickleball player and sings a mean baritone in his church choir.

He is the author of four books on the Great Smoky Mountains: The Great Smokies:  From Natural Habitat to National Park, Corn From a Jar:  Moonshining in the Great Smoky Mountains, Hazel Creek: The Life and Death of an Iconic Mountain Community, and An Illustrated Guide to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In addition, his work has been published in The New York Times, Southern Cultures, Smokies Life magazine, and numerous encyclopedias including the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture.