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I don't have the password right now to get to NCLive, but if anyone out there does, they can go to Novelist and put in Western North Carolina and the Civil War (under plot) and come up with some titles for you or you can call any North Carolina Library and they can do this for you.
"The Hills Beyond" by Asheville native Thomas Wolfe, published after his death, contains a short story about a battle near Chattanooga TN, in a place called "Chickamauga," which is in a valley formed in North Georgia out of the southern end of the Smoky Mountains.
Betty and I have been on a WNC Civil War era fiction kick ever since I saw a post here about "The Secret of War" By local author Terrell T. Garren.
We have read that (excellent read), Cold Mountain, and My Old True Love.
Anybody have any suggestions as to other favorites re: WNC Civil War era novels? or non-fiction?
Not about the Civil War, but there's an interesting author from Franklin who writes about her grandmother's era living in the mountains. I think her work is based on fact, although she's writing fiction. The author herself is a senior citizen. The two books are CHILDREN OF THE MOUNTAIN AND EDGE OF HEAVEN. Author is Eva McCall. Maryellen
Ed - "The World Made Straight" by Ron Nash is set in present day but refers back to journals of a doctor that lived in Madison County during the Shelton Laurel massacre - It's pretty good and gives you a sense of today and late 1800's in Madison County. Also - Pamela Duncan writes women's fiction - she is from Asheville (and was at the Madison County library recently) it's not historical fiction - but again - the voice is pure Madison County!
The heart of confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina in the Civil War by John C. Inscoe and Gordon B. McKinney
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