At Home in the Heart of Appalachia
- ISBN-10
- 0385721390
- ISBN-13
- 9780385721394
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Anchor
- Author
- John O'Brien
Description
The Philadelphia-born author describes how he returned to live near the West Virginia birthplace of his father--a difficult, disappointed, and defeated man who had left his home in the mountains in the wake of a family scandal--and discovered a world of great beauty whose inhabitants, despite hardship and exploitation, remain true to a traditional way of life. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.
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