The Young Mountaineers: Short Stories

Mary Noailles Murfree, an American author acclaimed for her mastery in portrayal of the lives of the Appalachian Mountain people, was born on January 24, 1850, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, and died on July 31, 1922. Writing under the pseudonym Charles Egbert Craddock, she successfully remained incognito as a male writer for a significant part of her early literary career, only to later reveal her t...