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The book is a fictional account set in the late 18th century that traces the story of the first White pioneers to settle in the Appalachian wilderness of the mountains of Western North Carolina. The Land Breakers , out of print for several decades, was republished in 2006 by Press 53 , a small imprint in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... in his 2002 book Appalachia: ... Appalachian literature crosses with the larger genre of Southern literature.
James Still (July 16, 1906 – April 28, 2001) was an American poet, novelist and folklorist. He lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky.
Our Southern Highlanders was the "seminal work" of Appalachian nonfiction, and provided a foundation for numerous other studies of Appalachian culture over subsequent decades. [1] In spite of the book's shortcomings, its keen observations went a long way toward demystifying the rural people of Southern Appalachia. [ 1 ]
Sharyn McCrumb (born February 26, 1948) [1] is an American writer best known for books that celebrate the history and folklore of Appalachia.McCrumb is the winner of numerous literary awards, and the author of the Elizabeth McPherson mystery series, the Ballad series, and the St. Dale series.
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Ron Rash has made the fog-shrouded ridges of Appalachia his fictional home in novels and short stories over a highly acclaimed career dating back decades. With “The Caretaker,” his first novel ...
Authority on English-American literature, compiling of folk tales and game, primarily Appalachian Richard Thomas Chase [ 1 ] [ 2 ] (February 15, 1904 – February 2 1988) [ 3 ] was an American folklorist and an authority on English-American folklore.