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Mount Mitchell and The Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America (review)

Mount Mitchell and The Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern... roots. In his picture (yes, she gives us pictures of Zeb and "Sam") Vance is a ruggedly handsome man with deep-set eyes and a clean strong jaw. It is easily seen why he inspired such loyalty from men and women alike. I'd vote for him in a minute! Malinda (Sam) is one of the women who "Tied back their hair, men's clothing put on" and rode with their husbands while the cruel war was raging. In Malinda, McCrumb has found a fitting example of these women who generally aren't acknowledged in history. Malinda stares directly into the reader's eyes from her picture, holding the reader with her iron core of resolve. We see Malinda and her husband Keith change during the course of the war; he changes more than she does. He is loving, albeit hottempered, but the war hardens him into a vengeful, cruel man with little concern for others. Still, their love for one another persists through the hardships, the battles, and the privations of the war in the mountains. McCrumb is a true Appalachian; she gives the mountain dialect in words rather than odd spellings. The mountain voices sound clearly while the music weaves hauntingly http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Mount Mitchell and The Black Mountains: An Environmental History of the Highest Peaks in Eastern America (review)

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roots. In his picture (yes, she gives us pictures of Zeb and "Sam") Vance is a ruggedly handsome man with deep-set eyes and a clean strong jaw. It is easily seen why he inspired such loyalty from men and women alike. I'd vote for him in a minute! Malinda (Sam) is one of the women who "Tied back their hair, men's clothing put on" and rode with their husbands while the cruel war was raging. In Malinda, McCrumb has found a fitting example of these women who generally aren't acknowledged in history. Malinda stares directly into the reader's eyes from her picture, holding the reader with her iron core of resolve. We see Malinda and her husband Keith change during the course of the war; he changes more than she does. He is loving, albeit hottempered, but the war hardens him into a vengeful, cruel man with little concern for others. Still, their love for one another persists through the hardships, the battles, and the privations of the war in the mountains. McCrumb is a true Appalachian; she gives the mountain dialect in words rather than odd spellings. The mountain voices sound clearly while the music weaves hauntingly

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: Jan 8, 2004

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