Sharyn McCrumb is an award-winning Southern writer, best known for her Appalachian "Ballad" novels, set in the North Carolina/Tennessee mountains, including the New York Times Best Sellers : The Ballad of Tom Dooley, She Walks These Hills and The Rosewood Casket. Sharyn McCrumb is best known for her Appalachian "Ballad" novels, including the New York Times best sellers The Ballad of Tom Dooley, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, and Ghost Riders, which won the Wilma Dykeman Award for Literature from the East Tennessee Historical Society and the national Audie Award for Best Recorded Book. Browse author series lists, … If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O: A Ballad Novel (Ballad Novels Book 1) by Sharyn McCrumb | Feb 12, 2018. She is a repository of legends, mountain history, and sto…more Nora Bonesteel was inspired years ago by my friend Charlotte Ross of western North Carolina.

Sharyn McCrumb -- the complete book list (41 books) (3 series). She has received the Chaffin and Plattner Awards for Southern fiction, two Best Appalachian Novel awards, and many other honors. The collection includes Keepers of the Legends , A Novelist Looks at the Land , The Celts and the Appalachians , Magic Realism in Appalachia , Nora Bonesteel and the Sight , and Reflections on Historical Fiction . McCrumb, a Virginia native, stands to claim that the American south is a mix of cultures, not simply one. Title: The Rosewood Casket Author(s): Sharyn McCrumb ISBN: 0-525-94011-1 / 978-0-525-94011-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Dutton Adult Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon AU Sharyn McCrumb is a New York Times bestselling author whose work has been cited for "Outstanding Contribution to Appalachian Literature." 4.1 out of 5 stars 45 From a young age, she noticed the differences between what she calls the “flatland people” and the “mountain people.” McCrumb was frustrated that the south was primarily represented by plantation culture.

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She is a repository of legends, mountain history, and stories of her family who settled in these mountains back in pioneer days. Award-Winning Southern Writer. Sharyn McCrumb Synopses: Sharyn McCrumb’s Appalachia is a non-fiction book, collecting the essays of Sharyn McCrumb.