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“A brilliant portrait of a community and a way of life long gone, a lost America.”–Charles FrazierAgainst the breathtaking backdrop of Appalachia comes a rich, multilayered post—Civil War saga of three generations of families–their dreams, their downfalls, and their faith. Cataloochee is a slice of southern Americana told in the classic tradition of Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner.Nestled in the mountains of North Carolina sits Cataloochee. In a time when “where you was born was where God wanted you,” the Wrights and the Carters, both farming families, travel to the valley to escape the rapid growth of neighboring towns and to have a few hundred acres all to themselves. But progress eventually winds its way to Cataloochee, too, and year after year the population swells as more people come to the valley to stake their fortune.
About the Author
Wayne Caldwell is a native of Asheville, North Carolina. He began writing fiction when he turned fifty. Winner of two short story prizes and the Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award from the Western North Carolina Historical Association, he is the author of two novels---Cataloochee (2007) and Requiem by Fire (2010), both published by Random House. He is finishing work on a third novel. He lives in Candler, North Carolina.
