Quote of the day
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for the want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves a number of obscure men who have only remained obscure because their timidity has prevented them from making a first effort.
Horace Kephart
Born: September 8, 1862
Died: April 2, 1931 (aged 68)
Bio: Horace Sowers Kephart was an American travel writer and librarian, best known as the author of Our Southern Highlanders about his life in the Great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina and the classic outdoors guide Camping and Woodcraft.
Known for:
- Camping and woodcraft (1916)
- Our Southern Highlanders (1913)
- The book of camping and woodcraft (1906)
- Camp Cookery (1910)
- Sporting firearms (1912)








