Hardship and humor, suffering and dreams are the balance for survival in a landscape that makes harsh demands on its intruders. If you have any interest in the Appalachain’s (the oldest mountains in the world?) "In The Road John Ehle's skill as a storyteller brings an early episode of road building in the North Carolina mountains to rich and vivid life. Frightening at times. Also, many of the workers were mountain folk. The language was beautiful--almost like poetry.
Occasional descents into melodrama and mysticism were disappointing, but did not ultimately detract from the novel.A true masterpiece. University of Tennessee Press.
The Civil War halted all railroad construction in NC and then a scandal in the 1870s robbed NC of the money to build the railroad.
The connections between humans' exploitation of the earth and each other are still so relevant. He has been described as "the father of Appalachian literature". The details of behavior and small details of daily life are so well written, often leWow, another classic! The first being “ The Land Breakers”. John Ehle is my new favorite author.I would give this book 6 stars if I could. The Road by John Ehle.
This was a great story and worth reading.Interesting because 1) trains and 2) close to where I live now. and their people you’ve got to read Ehle. by Univ Tennessee Press The first being “ The Land Breakers”.
It told of the sacrifices including that of human life to see the road's completion. His writing and insight into the mountain people is fascinating, sometimes sad, sometimes funny and always frustrating.This was a wonderful book from beginning to end. 1572330163 Probeer An under appreciated classic.Very interesting book about the railroad built in the mountains where I grew up.
He taught at the university for ten years before joining the staff of the North Carolina governor Terry Sanford, where Ehle was a “one-man think tank,” the governor’s “idea man” from 1962 to 1964. (Sanford once said of Ehle: “If I were to write a guidebook for new governors, one of my main suggestions would be that he find a novelist and put him on his staff.”) Ehle was the author of eleven novels, seven of which constitute his celebrated Mountain Novels cycle, and six works of nonfiction. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. It told of the sacrifices including that of human life to see the road's completion.
The mountain region was historically isolated as the train never reached the area from the rest of North Carolina. Hardship and humor, suffering and dreams are the balance for survival in a landscape that makes harsh demands on its intruders. John Ehle's The Road was first published in 1967.
Second in the “mountain series”. NC author - I need to read more of his books. This guy really knows his subject and is such a good writer, describing things ‘just so’. The railroad was delayed for another 10 years and then was built with convict labor.Wow, another classic! The Civil War halted all railroad construction in NC and then a scandal in the 1870s robbed NC of the money to build the railroad. How did I not know about John Ehle before hearing that he died? Among his six works of non-fiction is the 1965 book, Ehle was active in a number of social, educational, and anti-poverty projects in the state of From 1964 to 1966, Ehle served as an adviser on President The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library, Manuscripts Department, maintains the John Ehle Papers,Ehle was elected to the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame.
I had never realized convicts were used for this work. The writing is so extraordinary that I really can't praise it enough. and their people you’ve got to read Ehle. He knows how to keep the plot rolling along and always has a few surprises around the corner.Number 2 is Ehle's mountain series was fascinating in its history of building a railroad in the NC mountains. This is the second book in the series and I can’t wait to get into the next book. Weatherby's wife called them slaves and she was right...it was just a horrible slavery used as *punishment*. John Marsden Ehle, Jr. was an American writer known best for his fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South. Following service in World War II, Ehle received his BA and MA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he met the playwright Paul Green and began writing plays for the NBC radio series American AdventuJohn Ehle (1925-2018) grew up the eldest of five children in the mountains of North Carolina, which would become the setting for many of his novels and several works of nonfiction. But never fear, readers are here! “Lion on the Hearth” is the third and I’m reading it right away. "—Wilma DykemanWhat a great story, just amazing characters and the day by day struggle to build the first railroad into North Carolina mountains. Set at the close of Reconstruction, the subject of the work is the penetration of a railroad into the western mountains of North Carolina to link the region with the antici-pated economic development of the lowland South. Account en lijsten Account Retourzendingen en bestellingen. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of Hardship and humor, suffering and dreams are the balance for survival in a landscape that makes harsh demands on its intruders.
The writing is lyrical and the story is so compelling. He had one daughter, actress Jennifer Ehle, with his wife Rosemary Harris, also an actress.
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