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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 other projects Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Appalachian writers" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of ...
Appalachian Review was founded in 1973 as Appalachian Heritage by mountain poet Albert Stewart at Alice Lloyd College. The magazine moved to the Hindman Settlement School in 1982. Berea College began sponsoring the magazine in 1985. It publishes fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, craft essays, interviews, book reviews, and visual art.
Appalachian Literature Lucy S. Furman (June 7, 1870 – August 24, 1958) was an American novelist , short story writer, and animal welfare activist. [ 1 ] Her fiction was a foundational influence on what would become Appalachian literature.
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 ]
Mary Noailles Murfree (January 24, 1850 – July 31, 1922) was an American author of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. [2] She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the ...
The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of several other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Georgia, North and ...
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.