COMING HOME: A Stranger in The Smokies

Coming Home: A Stranger in The Smokies While reporting on the manhunt for terrorist Eric Rudolph in the Smoky Mountains of Appalachia, journalist John Christensen becomes fascinated by people in a town hard hit by economic misfortune. His initial assignment is complete. He returns often over the next eighteen months to document their passion and resilience.
In a region famously suspicious of strangers, he visits with a soulful country singer, a converted New Yorker, a "hick" from Ohio, the s...