Publisher's Synopsis
The Character of Mountains is a celebration of simple life in Appalachia and a coming of age journey, depicted in poetry and photography. This book was nominated Appalachian Book of the Year, 2007. Readers join Delilah O'Haynes on a memorable trek through Appalachian wilderness, coal mining, American Indian ancestry, and more. Highly acclaimed Appalachian novelist Lee Smith describes The Character of Mountains as a slim volume as rich in character, place, and significance as a whole shelf of novels.
