Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains

by Eubanks, Georgann; Campbell, Donna

• ISBN13: 9780807831373
• ISBN10: 0807831379
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-29
• Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr

Summary

This guidebook is the first of three regional volumes that invite residents and out-of-state visitors to explore North Carolina while reading literature from our state's finest writers. Organized geographically through a series of eighteen half-day and day-long tours in the western part of the state, the book directs curious travelers to the historic sites where Tar Heel authors have lived and worked. More than 170 writers from the past and present are featured in this volume, including Sequoyah, Elizabeth Spencer, Fred Chappell, Charles Frazier, Kathryn Stripling Byer, Robert Morgan, William Bartram, Gail Godwin, O. Henry, Thomas Wolfe, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Tyler, Lillian Jackson Braun, Nina Simone, and Romulus Linney.

Author Biography

Georgann Eubanks was a founder of the North Carolina Writers' Network

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
The Southern Mountains: Place	p. 1
Black Mountain: Montreat: Swannanoa	p. 4
Canton: Cold Mountain: Lake Logan: Balsam	p. 23
Sylva: Dillsboro: Cullowhee: Highlands	p. 38
Franklin: Hayesville: Brasstown: Murphy: Texana	p. 62
Robbinsville: Cherohala Skyway: Fontana: Almond: Nantahala Gorge	p. 81
Bryson City: Cherokee: Great Smoky Mountains National Park	p. 102
Waynesville: Hot Springs: Marshall: Mars Hill	p. 117
Weaverville and North Asheville	p. 148
Downtown and South Asheville	p. 180
Brevard: Rosman: Green River: Zirconia: Flat Rock: Hendersonville	p. 206
The Northern Mountains and Foothills: Voice	p. 231
Burnsville: Micaville: Celo: Mount Mitchell	p. 235
Old Fort: Chimney Rock: Lake Lure: Tryon	p. 253
Rutherfordton: Spindale: Forest City: Shelby	p. 279
Lincolnton: Hickory: Moravian Falls	p. 294
Wilkesboro: Happy Valley: Blowing Rock: Linville Falls: Morganton	p. 309
Marion: Little Switzerland: Spruce Pine: Penland: Bandana: Kona: Bakersville: Roan Mountain: Banner Elk	p. 338
Grandfather Mountain: Crossnore: Valle Crucis: Vilas: Boone	p. 364
Todd: West Jefferson: Jefferson: Crumpler: Sparta: Roaring Gap	p. 377
Acknowledgments	p. 393
Photographer's Note	p. 395
A Note on the North Carolina Literary Trails Program	p. 397
Permissions	p. 399
Index	p. 403
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