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
countryOfOrigin United States
firstPublicationDate 1964
genre frontier fiction
historical fiction
hasReprint Press 53 edition
University of Tennessee Press edition
hasSequel Last One Home
Lion on the Hearth
The Journey of August King
The Road
The Widow’s Trial
Time of Drums
hasSubject North Carolina history
pioneers
rural life
language English
literaryRegion Appalachian literature
literarySignificance considered a classic of Appalachian literature
mainCharacter Imy Wright
Mooney Wright
Tinkler Harrison
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
North Carolina
partOfSeries The Appalachian sequence
portrays cabin building
cultural clashes on the frontier
frontier hardships
land clearing
subsistence farming
publisher Harper & Row
seriesBy John Ehle
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodInFiction 1770s
18th century

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John Ehle notableWork The Land Breakers
The Appalachian series hasPart The Land Breakers
John Ehle notableWork The Land Breakers
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