Download or read book The Wild East written by Margaret Lynn Brown and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the social, political and environmental changes in the Great Smoky Mountains during the 19th and 20th centuries. Although this national park is often portrayed as a triumph of wilderness preservation, Margaret Lynn Brown concludes that it is actually a recreated wilderness.