Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
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)