Wildsam Field Guides: Great Smoky Mountains guide will give visitors new and deeper ways of seeing the country's most-visited national park.

In this fresh look at America's most visited national park there's plenty to discover.

• Our essential list of Smokies books, music and artists
• Southern Appalachian dishes of note
• Highlights from the park's diverse flora and fauna
• Local Cherokee stories, past and present
• Itineraries, trail recs and side trips
• Viewing tips for wildlife from fireflies and butterflies to elk and bears
• Interviews with park rangers, trolley drivers and thru-hikers
• Fifteen base camps around the region, from rustic to high luxury
• Intel from a fly fisherman and a rafting outfitter