Why Are the Mountains Smoky?: Neat Facts about the Southern Appalachian Mountains

When your young son asks questions ranging from "why are black bears black" and "how tall are trees in the mountains" and more and you can't answer any of them... then it's time to research and write a book. While working on a Southern Appalachian barbecue cookbook Kent Whitaker, winner of the Emeril Live barbecue contest, often drove many research miles with his young son in the back seat of his jeep. He also found that his son asked a staggering amount of "kid" style questions. Whitaker turns these questions into a easy to read book complete with his own illustrations.