The early reviews of Cabins in the Laurel were overwhelmingly positive, but the mountain people--Sheppard's friends and subjects--initially felt that she had portrayed them as too old-fashioned, even backward. As novelist John Ehle shows in his foreword, though, fifty years have made a huge difference, and the people of the Toe River Valley have been among its most affectionate readers.
This new large-format edition, which makes use of many of Wootten's original negatives, will introduce Sheppard's words and Wootten's photography to a whole new generation of readers--in the Valley and beyond.
The early reviews of Cabins in the Laurel were overwhelmingly positive, but the mountain people--Sheppard's friends and subjects--initially felt that she had portrayed them as too old-fashioned, even backward. As novelist John Ehle shows in his foreword, though, fifty years have made a huge difference, and the people of the Toe River Valley have been among its most affectionate readers.
This new large-format edition, which makes use of many of Wootten's original negatives, will introduce Sheppard's words and Wootten's photography to a whole new generation of readers--in the Valley and beyond.
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