Family of Earth: A Southern Mountain Childhood

by Wilma Dykeman

Book Overview

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469629143
• ISBN13: 9781469629148
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"