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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | From the bestselling author of Gap Creek, comes a breathtaking collection of stories about the lives and history of the settlers of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Struggling to survive in an ancient mountain landscape that alternately thwarts their efforts and infuses them with joy and vitality, the strong-limbed and strong-willed people of the Blue Ridge Mountains undergo the transition from ploughshares to bulldozers -- from the Indian skirmishes of the post-Revoluationary War era to the trailer parks of the present day. In these eleven first-person narratives, Morgan visits the themes that matter to all people in all places: birth and death, love and loss, joy and sorrow, the necessity for remembrance and the inevitability of forgetting. This is a moving tribute to that which is universal and eternal -- the majestic immutability of the earth and the heroic human struggle to live, love, and create new life. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Robert Morgan | | Paperback: | 256 pages | | Publisher: | Touchstone | | Publication Date: | October 02, 2000 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0743204212 | | Product Length: | 8.04 inches | | Product Width: | 5.26 inches | | Product Height: | 0.53 inches | | Product Weight: | 0.6 pounds | | Package Length: | 8.04 inches | | Package Width: | 5.26 inches | | Package Height: | 0.53 inches | | Package Weight: | 0.55 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 1 reviews |
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A Chronology of America Mar 19, 2001
By Elixabeth Bennet
"Romance Reader"
Robert Morgan's collection of eleven short stories spans over 200 years of American history. Each story is told in first-person point of view. Five of the stories are told by women, and the narrators range in age from about twelve to late eighties. Several of these stories are so well-written, they are sure to be included in short story anthologies. Morgan varies his style of writing throughout the collection, and he gives glimpses of life in the North Carolina mountains from pre-colonial days to the present. Along the way, he shows that though times may have changed, people remain pretty much the same. Two stories are especially powerful. "Watershed" and "Mack" were two of my favorites. "Watershed" gives a unique look at life in the mountains when settlers were still challenging the Indians over the land. "Mack" is set in the present and is narrated by an elderly man who suffers from a very weak heart. His story focuses on what he has learned from life and from his dog Mack. I highly recommend this book to anyone who has interest an in history, the South, and people in general.
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