The Land Breakers

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The Land Breakers is a historical novel by John Ehle that vividly portrays the struggles and resilience of early settlers in the Appalachian frontier of North Carolina.

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instanceOf historical novel
novel
author John Ehle NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationDate 1964
genre frontier fiction
historical fiction
hasReprint Press 53 edition NERFINISHED
University of Tennessee Press edition NERFINISHED
hasSequel Last One Home NERFINISHED
Lion on the Hearth NERFINISHED
The Journey of August King NERFINISHED
The Road NERFINISHED
The Widow’s Trial NERFINISHED
Time of Drums NERFINISHED
hasSubject North Carolina history
pioneers
rural life
language English
literaryRegion Appalachian literature
literarySignificance considered a classic of Appalachian literature
mainCharacter Imy Wright NERFINISHED
Mooney Wright NERFINISHED
Tinkler Harrison NERFINISHED
mainTheme community building
conflict with wilderness
pioneer life
relationship to the land
resilience
settlement of the Appalachian frontier
struggle for survival
medium print
narrativeFocus early white settlement of western North Carolina
narrativeStyle realist
originalSetting American frontier
Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED
North Carolina NERFINISHED
partOfSeries The Appalachian sequence
portrays cabin building
cultural clashes on the frontier
frontier hardships
land clearing
subsistence farming
publisher Harper & Row NERFINISHED
seriesBy John Ehle NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodInFiction 1770s
18th century

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