Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood by Dykeman, Wilma

Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood

Discovered as a typewritten manuscript only after her death in 2006, Family of Earth allows us to...
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Author: Wilma Dykeman
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Language: English
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Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood by Dykeman, Wilma

Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood

BD$30.11

Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood

BD$30.11
Author: Wilma Dykeman
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Discovered as a typewritten manuscript only after her death in 2006, Family of Earth allows us to see into the young mind of author and Appalachian native Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006), who would become one of the American South's most prolific and storied writers. Focusing on her childhood in Buncombe County, Dykeman reveals a perceptive and sophisticated understanding of human nature, the environment, and social justice. And yet, for her words' remarkable polish, her voice still resonates as raw and vital. Against the backdrop of early twentieth-century life in Asheville, she chronicles the touching, at times harrowing, story of her family's fortunes, plotting their rise and fall in uncertain economic times and ending with her father's sudden death in 1934 when she was fourteen years old.

Featuring a new foreword by fellow North Carolinian Robert Morgan, Family of Earth stands as a new major literary work by a groundbreaking author.



Author: Wilma Dykeman
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Published: 09/06/2016
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.56lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.51w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9781469629148


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016 pg. 52
Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 104

About the Author
Wilma Dykeman (1920-2006) was a novelist, historian, journalist, educator, speaker, and environmentalist who pioneered in the areas of water pollution, civil rights, oral history, Appalachian studies, and the empowerment of women.

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