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Sharyn McCrumb’s "King's Mountain" follows John Sevier, a frontier pioneer whose focus on Indian warfare shifts to the American Revolution when British officer Patrick Ferguson threatens his settlement. Sevier leads the Overmountain Men—Carolina militia organized under his command—in a pivotal 1780 battle that Thomas Jefferson later hailed as "the turning point of the American Revolution." McCrumb interweaves varied perspectives and Appalachian balladry to portray Northern Carolina frontier life, military strategy, and the personal stakes of war.
First publish date: 2013
Genre: Historical Fiction/19th Century Historical Fiction
Authors: Sharyn McCrumb
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