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John Marsden Ehle, Jr. (December 13, 1925 – March 24, 2018) was an American writer known best for his fiction set in the Appalachian Mountains of the American South. He has been described as "the father of Appalachian literature".
John Ehle was an American published author. John was born in Asheville on December 13, 1925. He was the oldest child in a family that had five children. Together they grew up in the North Carolina mountains. This would go on to become a setting for quite a few of his works. John Ehle served during the second world war.
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John Ehle has 32 books on Goodreads with 25287 ratings. John Ehle’s most popular book is Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation.
Apr 12, 2018 · John Ehle with his daughter, Jennifer, on the porch of their home in Mitchell County, N.C., in 1971. His novels were praised in part for the dignity he gave his fictional mountain people.
Mar 24, 2018 · Died. March 24, 2018. Genre. Historical Fiction, Nonfiction. edit data. John Ehle (1925-2018) grew up the eldest of five children in the mountains of North Carolina, which would become the setting for many of his novels and several works of nonfiction. Following service in World War II, Ehle received his BA and MA at the University of North ...
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Jan 1, 1988 · John Ehle brings forth a detailed account of how the Cherokee nation located in Southeastern United States was forcibly removed from their homeland and resettled in Oklahoma. The author starts back in the late 1700’s with the explanation of the heritage and relationships of the Cherokee nation with the government of the United States.
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John Ehle. One of the many ironies of U.S. government policy toward Indians in the early 1800s is that it persisted in removing to the West those who had most successfully adapted to European values. As whites encroached on Cherokee land, many Native leaders responded by educating their children, learning English, and developing plantations.
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