"Who Crosses Storm Mountain?" by Charles Egbert Craddock is a story set in the rugged American mountains of the early 1900s, where the hard-pressed Gillhooley family finds themselves in dire straits when a crooked lawman, influenced by a grudge from the spiteful Peter Petrie, unjustly seizes their property. This act sets off a chain reaction, with Ross Gilhooley's fury forcing the clan from their home, and unexpectedly intertwines with the bungled abduction of a baby by the inebriated Tank Dysart, who mistakenly puts the infant in a mailbag; fate then steps in, linking the child’s destiny to the Gilhooley family, and creating a path towards reconciliation between the once-warring clans, which shines a light on kinship and the grace of the Christmas season.
Who Crosses Storm Mountain? 1911
By Charles Egbert Craddock
In the shadow of towering peaks, a family's struggle against injustice and an accidental kidnapping converge, leading to an unexpected chance at peace during the season of goodwill.
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About the AuthorMary Noailles Murfree was an American author of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.
Mary Noailles Murfree was an American author of novels and short stories who wrote under the pen name Charles Egbert Craddock. She is considered by many to be Appalachia's first significant female writer and her work a necessity for the study of Appalachian literature, although a number of characters in her work reinforce negative stereotypes about the region. She has been favorably compared to Bret Harte and Sarah Orne Jewett, creating post-Civil War American local-color literature.
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