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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 misunderstood American region.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:etsu-works-2116
Date01 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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