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James Still’s River of Earth: The Definitive Appalachian Novel Turns 75

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 misunderstood American region.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-2117
Date15 February 2015
CreatorsOlson, Ted
PublisherDigital Commons @ East Tennessee State University
Source SetsEast Tennessee State University
Detected LanguageEnglish
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SourceETSU Faculty Works

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