Mary Noailles Murfree
Writing as Charles Egbert Craddock, Mary Noailles Murfree was the leading voice of Tennessee mountain local color fiction, capturing Appalachian dialect and landscape with remarkable authenticity. Her disclosure of her true identity shocked the literary world.
Works
- In the Tennessee MountainsStory collection of life in the remote Tennessee mountains and their rugged inhabitants
- The Prophet of the Great Smoky MountainsNovel of a charismatic religious leader in the Great Smoky Mountains region
- Where the Battle Was FoughtNovel set in the Tennessee mountains during the Civil War
- In the Clouds
- The Despot of Broomsedge CoveNovel of a tyrant who rules over a remote mountain community through fear