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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Land Breakers canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author | John Ehle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPublicationDate | 1964 ⓘ |
| genre |
frontier fiction
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historical fiction ⓘ |
| hasReprint |
Press 53 edition
NERFINISHED
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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
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pioneers ⓘ rural life ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryRegion | Appalachian literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered a classic of Appalachian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Imy Wright
NERFINISHED
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Mooney Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ Tinkler Harrison NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
community building
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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
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Appalachian Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ North Carolina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | The Appalachian sequence ⓘ |
| portrays |
cabin building
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cultural clashes on the frontier ⓘ frontier hardships ⓘ land clearing ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ |
| publisher | Harper & Row NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| seriesBy | John Ehle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timePeriodInFiction |
1770s
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18th century ⓘ |
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