At Home in the Heart of the Appalachia
- ISBN-10
- 0753198193
- ISBN-13
- 9780753198193
- Category
- Appalachian Region, Southern
- Pages
- 456
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-01-03
- Author
- John A. O'Brien
Description
John O'Brien's deeply evocative book reveals a place and a way of life -- and the lives of an estranged father and son whose differences rest, ironically, in their own powerful bonds to Appalachia.
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