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1	My Side of the Mountain more books like this by Jean Craighead George (Preface by) Tired of city life and a cramped family apartment, Sam decides to leave it all behind him and seek solace in the wild for a while. A home in an old tree-trunk, foraging for every meal and living off his wits are just part of Sam's new life in his mountain-side home. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Heidi more books like this by Johanna Spyri First published in 1880, "Heidi" introduces young readers and listeners to one of the most charming young heroines ever. This beautiful, stirring novel tells of five-year-old Heidi, an orphan sent to live high up in the mountains with her cantankerous grandfather. Sweet-natured Heidi soon wins her grandfather's heart and makes friends with the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Big Stone Gap more books like this by Adriana Trigiani Ave Mulligan is the 35-year-old self-proclaimed spinster of Big Stone Gap, Virginia, a sleepy hamlet in the Blue Ridge Mountains. As the local pharmacist, she's been keeping the townfolk's secrets for years, but she's soon to discover a most unsettling scandal in her own family's past. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Taking more books like this by Dean R Koontz Bestselling horror and suspense novelist Dean R. Koontz pens a tale of alien invasion, told mainly from the perspective of couple Molly and Neil. A glowing silver rain, arriving at night, heralds bizarre and sinister changes for their California community: The aliens are coming. All communication is gradually cut off, and the town is pervaded by ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Christy more books like this by Catherine Marshall Christy leaves her comfortable home to teach at a remote mission in the mountains of the Cherokee National Forest, and finds her beliefs and assumptions challenged. She is appalled at the ignorance of the highlanders at Cutter Gap, but gradually comes to love the proud and superstitious people. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Gap Creek more books like this by Robert Morgan There is a most unusual woman living in Gap Creek. Julie Harmon works hard, "hard as a man," they say, so hard that at times she's not sure she can stop. People depend on her to slaughter the hogs and nurse the dying. People are weak, and there is so much to do. She is just a teenager when her little brother dies in her arms. That same year she ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Milk Glass Moon more books like this by Adriana Trigiani (Read by) This last installment in Trigiani's Big Stone Gap trilogy finds Ave middle aged and worried about her nearly grown daughter, Etta, whose college trip to Italy may involve a reunion with Ave's father--her own long-lost grandfather. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	On the Far Side of the Mountain more books like this by Jean Craighead George (Illustrator) The further adventures of Sam Gribley and his owl Frightful, both of whom where introduced in MY SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN. In this story, Sam's sister, Alice and his friend, Bando, have also moved into the woods on the mountain. Trouble begins when a conservation officer confiscates Frightful and Alice runs away. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Look homeward, angel; a story of the buried life more books like this by Thomas Wolfe LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, Wolfe's first novel, was published on October 18, 1929 only a few days before the great stock market crash. It is the coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant, whose restlessness and yearning to experience life to the fullest take him from his rural home in North Carolina to Harvard. Through his rich, ornate prose and meticulous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.81! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Almost Like Being in Love more books like this by Christina Dodd "New York Times" bestselling author Christina Dodd, whose first contemporary novel "Just the Way You Are" was hailed as "lively, sexy...nothing short of a success" "(Publishers Weekly)," presents her new novel featuring the Prestcott sisters. As the middle child, Pepper Prescott's rebellious nature helped her survive when her parents disappeared ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	High Country Fall more books like this by Margaret Maron - "Last Lessons of Summer, Margaret Maron's previous hardcover for Mysterious Press, was published in 8/03. The Warner mass market edition will be released in 8/04.- "Last Lessons of Summer, Slow Dollar (Mysterious Press, 8/02), and "Uncommon Clay (Mysterious Press, 2001) were chosen as Main Selections of The Mystery Guild.- Margaret Maron swept ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Charley Skedaddle more books like this by Patricia Beatty During the Civil War, a twelve-year-old Bowery Boy from New York City joins the Union Army as a drummer, deserts during a battle in Virginia, and encounters a hostile old mountain woman. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions
13 view cover	Parchment of Leaves more books like this by Silas House Saul falls passionately in love with a Cherokee girl named Vine, but after they marry and Saul takes a job as a logger that requires him to be away from home, his brother Aaron wants to take his place. When Vine declines his attentions, Aaron tries to rape her, and she kills him in self-defense, a secret act that will have consequences far beyond ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.39! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	One Foot in Eden more books like this by Ron Rash 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.80! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Look Homeward Angel more books like this by Thomas Wolfe LOOK HOMEWARD, ANGEL, Wolfe's first novel, was published on October 18, 1929 only a few days before the great stock market crash. It is the coming-of-age story of Eugene Gant, whose restlessness and yearning to experience life to the fullest take him from his rural home in North Carolina to Harvard. Through his rich, ornate prose and meticulous ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $33.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	God's Little Acre more books like this by Erskine Caldwell First published in 1933, God's Little Acre was censured by the Georgia Literary Commission, banned in Boston, attacked by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, and once led the all-time best-seller list, with more than ten million copies in print. Like Erskine Caldwell's groundbreaking Tobacco Road, this novel chronicles the final ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Dovey Coe more books like this by Frances O'Roark Dowell My name is Dovey Coe and I reckon it don't matter if you like me or not. I'm here to lay the record straight, to let you know them folks saying I done a terrible thing are liars. I aim to prove it, too. I hated Parnell Caraway as much as the next person, but I didn't kill him. Twelve-year-old Dovey Coe never did like Parnell Caraway. She didn't ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	The First Mountain Man more books like this by William W Johnstone Outlaw Ezra Pease and his gang come back looking for revenge against Preacher. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.45! \| SVS
19 view cover	Betrayal of the Mountain Man more books like this by William W Johnstone, J A Johnstone They called him fastest gun alive, but Smoke Jensen is determined to stay on the right side of the law. That is, until he's jumped by six low-life robbers who steal his shirt - and his identity. Smoke's tried for robbery and murder, and sentenced to hang in morning. Someone's out to frame the Mountain Man...someone who's made a big mistake. Barely ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Running to the Mountain: A Midlife Adventure more books like this by Jon Katz Jon Katz, a respected author and family man, arrived at age 50 feeling sedentary and uneasy. His wife was busy pursuing her own demanding career, his daughter was preparing to leave home for college, and his writing career had taken a dubious turn. A modern-day Walden, Running to the Mountain chronicles Katz's wonderfully witty and insightful ... see all copies from $4.35! new only from $8.19! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Courage of the Mountain Man more books like this by William W Johnstone Clint Black ran the biggest cattle operation in Montana. His Circle 45 spread controlled the best water, the richest graze, and he had his own personal army of cutthroats. And he didn't like competition. Only a fool could fail to see trouble when Smoke Jensen brought 3,500 head up from Colorado to sell to Black's neighbour. Jensen was willing to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.00! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Songcatcher more books like this by Sharyn McCrumb It was 1759 when a nine-year-old boy called Malcolm MacQuarrie was torn away from the Scottish island of Islay. In 1790, after war, ambition and tragedy had left their marks, he made his way down the Wilderness Road to western North Carolina where he wrested a new farm from the primeval forest, married, raised a family. And throughout his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	To the Bright and Shining Sun more books like this by James Lee Burke A young teenager struggles to escape from the violent cycles of a small Kentucky mining town in the 1960s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	M.C. Higgins, the Great more books like this by Virginia Hamilton M.C. Higgins dreams of saving his family's home from strip miners. It is not until two strangers enter his life that he learns the answer to his dreams lies in coming to terms with his family heritage and his own identity. A Newbery Medal Book. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Cunning of the Mountain Man more books like this by William W Johnstone Smoke Jensen is determined to find a way out of a New Mexico jail cell--as well as to escape the hide-hungry lynch mob who's after him for a murder he didn't commit. Then he must win the trust of the beautiful widow of the rancher they say he gunned down, because Smoke is all she's got standing between her and the cunning killers out for land--and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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