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New Appalachian Books: Write-Ups

Christopher Blake, editor. River of Cliffs: A Linville Gorge Reader. Boone, NC: Parkway Publishers, 2005. 157 pages with an index, recommended readings, works cited, photos and maps. Paperback. $14.95. Linville Gorge is a waterfall wonderland just off the Blue Ridge Parkway not far from Boone, North Carolina. This book tells the story of the area through selected readings spanning 240 years from the date of its first entry, a 1752 diary, to a little undated piece about the filming in the Linville Gorge of "The Last of the Mohicans" which was released in 1992. What a fun learning experience to get a stronger sense of how this beautiful place has been perceived over the years. The author is a native of Asheville with a doctorate in English who now lives near the Gorge but previously lived in New York where he edited Allen Ginsberg and wrote on William Burroughs.