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- Originally published in 1967, The Road is epic historical fiction at its best. At the novel's center is Weatherby Wright, a railroad builder who launches an ambitious plan to link the highlands of western North Carolina with the East. As a native of the region, Wright knows what his railway will mean to the impoverished settlers.
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Jul 1, 1998 · Originally published in 1967, The Road is epic historical fiction at its best. At the novel's center is Weatherby Wright, a railroad builder who launches an ambitious plan to link the highlands of western North Carolina with the East.
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- John Ehle
Jul 1, 1998 · Originally published in 1967, The Road is epic historical fiction at its best. At the novel's center is Weatherby Wright, a railroad builder who launches an ambitious plan to link the highlands of western North Carolina with the East.
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- John Ehle
THE ROAD. by John Ehle ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 8, 1966. John Ehle is one of the few current writers able to command a national audience for the largely neglected genre of regional novels.
A novel by John Ehle "In The Road John Ehle's skill as a storyteller brings an early episode of road building in the North Carolina mountains to rich and vivid life. Hardship and humor, suffering and dreams are the balance for survival in a landscape that makes harsh demands on its intruders.
- John Ehle
The Road is a great book by a master of fiction writing. Like The Land Breakers, The Road is a breath-taking achievement. Ehle deserves recognition as one of America's top novelists ever. Why didn't he receive more significant acclaim during his life-time? Perhaps critics pigeonholed Ehle as a regional writer of historical fiction.
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- John Ehle
"In The Road John Ehle's skill as a storyteller brings an early episode of road building in the North Carolina mountains to rich and vivid life. Hardship and humor,...
"In The Road John Ehle's skill as a storyteller brings an early episode of road building in the North Carolina mountains to rich and vivid life. Hardship and humor, suffering and dreams are the balance for survival in a landscape that makes harsh demands on its intruders.
