Title: The Land Breakers
First published: 1964
Description: A motley band of characters makes its way into a high mountain valley in northwestern North Carolina to tame the land or to be consumed by it. Five years of struggle to create a community ensue, in which part of the struggle is just to survive. This is the story of late 18th century life in an untamed country.
Subjects: Fiction, Mountain life, Frontier and pioneer life, History
Places: North Carolina
Time periods: Revolution, 1775-1783
LC classification: PZ4.E33 Lan, PS3555.H5 Lan