Young Isaac Holcombe grows up quickly when, in a small South Carolina town in the 1950s, he discovers that Billy, the father he has always known, is, in fact, not his father. And now Billy is under suspicion for the murder of Isaac's real father, a local ne'er-do-well named Holland Winchester. Told from many points of view, this debut novel ...
In an Appalachian community haunted by the legacy of a Civil War massacre, a rebellious young man struggles to escape the violence that would bind him to the past in this vivid, harrowing, yet ultimately hopeful new novel by the author of "Saints at the River."
Penned by an award-winning writer, this Gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge is set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement.
In Maggie Glenn's South Carolina hometown. a little girl has drowned in the river, and in order to recover her body, it's necessary to divert the river's course--a problematic action that may damage the ecosystem of the area. Maggie, a photographer, is covering this story for the newspaper where she works. It's Luke Miller, her ex, who is trying ...
In Rash's stories, spanning the entire 20th century in Appalachia, rural communities struggle with the arrival of a new era where the collision of the old and new south, of antique and modern, resonate with the depth and power of ancient myths.
"Eureka Mill" pulls 42 of Ron Rash's poems into a tight sequence that depicts life in a mill and mill village where workers struggle in vain not just with hard work but with memories of a previous life that, vainly they would like to think was better. Often tragic, but sometimes amusing, allusion and form bow to Rash's storytelling and his ...
The year is 1929, and newly-weds George and Serena Pemberton arrive from Boston in the North Carolina mountains to create a timber empire. Serena is new to the mountains - but she soon shows herself the equal of any worker, overseeing crews, hunting rattlesnakes, even saving her husband's life in the wilderness. Yet she also learns that she will ...
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