Record #:

19995

Author(s):

Higgins, Anna Dunlap

Abstract:

The life of author John Foster West is as unique as the characters in his novels. Born in the Appalachia region of North Carolina, West grew up the son of a tenant farmer and spent the majority of his career promoting Appalachian studies through the novels he wrote, the journals he founded, the creative writing programs he created, and the thousands of students he taught.

Source:

North Carolina Literary Review (NoCar PS 266 N8 N66x), Vol. Issue 9, 2000, p194-203, por

Subject(s):

Literature--North Carolina; West, John Foster, 1918-2008