Press

Knoxville News Sentinel: New discoveries enhance understanding of enigmatic Smokies photographer, 2026

North Caroliniana Society: George Masa: A Life Reimagined Recipient of the 2024 North Caroliniana Society Book Award, 2025

WNC Magazine: Lasting Legacies: New biographies celebrate photographer George Masa and musician Doc Watson, 2025

Discover Nikkei: From Japan to the Great Smokies: The Remarkable Life of George Masa, 2025

Kirkus Reviews: George Masa: A Life Reimagined Book Review

Chapter 16: Inspired by Nature | A new biography illuminates the life of photographer George Masa, 2024

Smoky Mountain News: Smokies Life publishes George Masa biography, 2024

Knoxville News Sentinel: New George Masa biography reveals startling discoveries | Word from the Smokies, 2024

Citizen Times: Word from the Smokies: More walk, less talk — a New Year’s resolution, 2022

Appalachian Journal: Book Review on Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography, by Erin Presley, 2022

Journal of American Folklore: Book Review of Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography, by Michael Ann Williams, 2022

Environmental History: Book Review of Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography, by Daniel Richter & David Evans, 2021

Citizen Times: George Ellison, Janet McCue win 2019 Thomas Wolfe award for Horace Kephart biography, 2019

Smoky Mountain News: The story behind the man: First-ever Horace Kephart biography explores a complex man and momentous life, 2019

Smokies Life: A conversation with the authors of the new Kephart biography, 2019

Cornell Chronicle: Outdoor legend Horace Kephart's many Cornell roots, 2011


Recorded Talks

Cornell University Library Chats in the Stacks

Janet McCue on “George Masa: A Life Reimagined”

Forest History Society Webinar

“George Masa: A Life Reimagined” with Janet McCue and Paul Bonesteel

Cornell University Library Chats in the Stacks

Janet McCue on "Back of Beyond: A Horace Kephart Biography"