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King's Mountain (2013)

by Sharyn McCrumb(Favorite Author)

3.32 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

125001140X (ISBN13: 9781250011404)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Thomas Dunne Books

series

Ballad

review 1: Soooooooooooooooooo disappointed!! I usually love Sharyn McCrumb,but this book was very hard to read. I realize it is based on a Revolutionary battle, but still, the characters could have been more interesting. And she labels it a "ballad" novel, which usually means there are supernatural elements in it, but there was only one. The characters are based on real people, and I do appreciate their help in getting us free of England, but man, it was tough. Ok, I admit it, I stopped reading at page 113, read a chapter near the end, and then skipped to the epilogue. I don't feel as if I missed anything. I usually only give a book 50, but I love this author, so I kept hoping it would get better. It never did. I'm rather sad.
review 2: I have always enjoyed Ms McCrumb's... more writing. She knows the people of Appalachia and writes about them with pride and warmth. I was especially interested in this book as one of my North Carolina ancestors was an Over Mountain man. I have always been proud of that line of my family but more so today after reading King's Mountain. As I read the book, I see many similarities between the Mountain Men of the 1700s and their progeny who live on in the mountains today! A fierce loyalty to the land and a pride that says, Bring it On is evident in many of the mountaineers who have Scotch Irish blood running in their veins. Another job well don Ms McCrumb!! less

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