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Author:

Morgan, Robert, 1944-

Title:

Gap Creek : a novel / Robert Morgan.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

326 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Appalachian Region, Southern--Fiction.
Married women--Fiction.
Mountain life--Fiction.
Young women--Fiction.
American fiction--20th century.
Death--Fiction.
American fiction.
Married women.
Mountain life.
Young women.
Southern Appalachian Region.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Competition--Fiction.
Appalachian Region--Fiction.
1900-1999
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.
Bildungsromans.
Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.

Summary:

A novel on the harsh life in the Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the century. The heroine is Julie Harmon whose work load includes hauling water, butchering a hog, rendering lard, plucking a turkey, baking and preserving -- all described in detail.

Series:

Oprah's Book Club

ISBN:

9781565122963
1565122968
9781565122420
1565122429

OCLC:

(OCoLC)41488832

LCCN:

99034995

Locations:

DRPC413 -- Britt Public Library (Britt) — Copies: 12

SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner) — Copies: 3