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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The Land Breakers canonical 3

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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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