<![CDATA[Cataloochee: A Novel]]>

false <![CDATA[Cataloochee: A Novel]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179565516m/931843.jpg 931843 3 “A brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America.” –Charles Frazier Against the breathtaking backdrop of Appalachia comes a rich, multilayered post—Civil War saga of three generations of families–their dreams, their downfalls, and their faith. Cataloochee is a slice of southern Americana told in the classic tradition of Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner. Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina sits Cataloochee. In a time when “where you was born was where God wanted you,” the Wrights and the Carters, both farming families, travel to the valley to escape the rapid growth of neighboring towns and to have a few hundred acres all to themselves. But progress eventually winds its way to Cataloochee, too, and year after year the population swells as more people come to the valley to stake their fortune. Never one to pass on opportunity, Ezra Banks, an ambitious young man seeking some land of his own, arrives in Cataloochee in the 1880s. His first order of business is to marry a Carter girl, Hannah, the daughter of the valley’s largest landowner. From there Ezra’s brood grows, as do those of the Carters and the Wrights. With hard work and determination, the burgeouning community transforms wilderness into home, to be passed on through generations. But the idyll is not to last, nor to be inherited: The government takes steps to relocate folks to make room for the Great Smoky Mountain National Park, and tragedy will touch one of the clans in a single, unimaginable act. Wayne Caldwell brings to life the community’s historic struggles and close kinships over a span of six decades. Full of humor, darkness, beauty, and wisdom, Cataloochee is a classic novel of place and family. 916831 15 5 2007 Cataloochee: A Novel total:74|5:13|4:28|3:28|2:4|1:1| 74 270 127 33 3 1 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 14:31:14 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 24 14:38:38 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 06 06:14:31 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 03 19:35:50 -0800 2009
This book seemed to be searching for some sort of focus--it covers a long time span, and there are many characters. The parts I enjoyed the most was when it slowed down, a...more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 09 12:15:48 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 13:09:50 -0700 2008 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 19:01:20 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 20 19:29:25 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 08:33:26 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 31 05:10:28 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Sep 09 11:31:58 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 11:35:03 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Sep 16 12:49:53 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 10:14:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 21:49:09 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 21:51:12 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 08 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 28 14:15:23 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 14:15:56 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 29 12:59:42 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 13:01:05 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 25 08:14:51 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 25 08:14:51 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jan 29 06:56:19 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 06:57:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:31:13 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 15:32:22 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 20:54:37 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 20:54:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 28 22:02:47 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 22:04:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 13:02:55 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 24 13:02:55 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 08:28:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 14:54:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 07:48:07 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 13:05:12 -0700 2007
Fun to read the Appalachian dialect - some of the phonetic dialect c...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 16 09:58:40 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 10:16:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 07:04:44 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 08:28:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=931843