In the early 1940s, when my parents decided to build a restaurant in a small community near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, they plugged into the pop culture of the time. The establishment needed a theme, something to make their business stand out. At the time, the biggest show on Broadway was the musical “Lil Abner,” and the top comic strip was “Snuffy Smith.” They … [Read more...] about Losing the Southern Stereotype But Not the Moonshine
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The Southern.Life is a publication of Emerson Parker Press, which is owned and operated by Jim Harris and his wife, Marian.
This blog was created to share a passion for all things Southern. For generations, those of us native to the South have taken great pride in our heritage, our traditions, and in the telling of our stories.
