In 1928 New York native Muriel Earley Sheppard moved with her mining engineer husband to the Toe River Valley -- an isolated pocket in North Carolina between th

Presents an inside look at the vitality of the Southern Appalachian culture that has persisted throughout the turbulent twentieth century.

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A National Book Award Longlist title! "A wondrous book, wise and wild and deeply true." —Kelly Barnhill, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Girl Who Drank th

Brief biographies and primary / secondary source bibliographies are presented for each author. Authors of note are Harriette Simpson Arnow, Annie Dillard, Wilma