The Definitive ’Appalachian Novel’ Celebrates Its Diamond Anniversary

Excerpt: Seventy-five years ago this month the definitive ‘Appalachian’ novel was published—James Still’s River of Earth. ‘Appalachian’ literature did not exist then. Still and his novel essentially spawned the phenomenon of people writing consciously and reflexively about Appalachia, a storied if m...

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Main Author: Olson, Ted
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2015
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/1136
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