John Ehle

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections John Ehle (b. 1924) Southern Appalachian Writers Collection M2005.05.02-08

Title	John Ehle
Creator	Southern Highlands Research Center
Alt. Creator	D. H. Ramsey Library
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/mss/southern_appalachian_writers/ehle_john/ehle_john.htm
Subject Keyword	John Ehle ; Southern Appalachian Writers ; Appalachia
Subject LCSH	Ehle, John, 1924 - American literature -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- History and criticism American literature -- Appalachian Mountains -- History and criticism Appalachians (People) in literature Appalachian Region, Southern -- Description and travel
Description	The collection contains letters of correspondence, ephemera, a photograph, book jacket, and anecdotal information on the writer. These materials were gathered as part of an exhibition of Southern Appalachian Writers held at UNCA in the early 1980's and sponsored by D. H. Ramsey Library and the Southern Highlands Research Center.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Contributor	Annette Hatley
Date	2005-08-23
Type	Collection ; text ; photograph ; audio recording
Format	1 folder ; text ; image
Source	M2005.05.04-8
Language	English
Relation	The Heritage of Western North Carolina, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville
Coverage	1900's - present ; North Carolina ;
Rights	Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Some materials in collections are electronic rights only. Please ask for assistance from Special Collections staff.
Donor	240
Acquisition	2004-03-
Citation	John Ehle in Southern Appalachian Writers Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Processed by	Special Collections staff, 2005
Last update	2008-09-10
Statement on writing	"It has been particularly rewarding for me to write about the mountain people for they seem to have more humor in them than do most others, and more pride. Sometimes I have seen them standing in a field or alongside a road looking off at the horizon, as if listening to voices indistinct, to some far, forgotten reminders of an unremembered country, of another time, of an ancestry obscure. It is a pleasure to write about them, and to try to listen with them."
Biography	John Ehle, born 1924, grew up in Asheville, North Carolina before heading off the UNC-Chapel Hill for his undergraduate and graduate degrees. Ehle seemed to have two careers running simultaneously: he published extensively from the 1950s through the 1980s while also accomplishing much for the public good—most notably helping create the North Carolina School of the Arts and the Governor’s School while working for Former Governor Terry Sandford. Though primarily remembered by the mainstream for his works of regional history, Ehle’s novels are equally as powerful. His novel The Land Breakers won the Sir Walter Raleigh award upon its publication in 1964. In recent years, his novel The Road was selected as part of the WNC Together We Read program.
Bibliography	*BOOKS BY*
1957	Move Over, Mountain. New York: W. Morrow, 1957.
1959	Kingstree Island. New York: W. Morrow, 1959.
1960	Shepherd of the Streets: The Story of the Reverend James A. Gusweller and His Crusade on the New York West Side. New York: Sloane, 1960.
1961	Lion on the Hearth. New York: Harper & Row, 1961.
1964	The Land Breakers. New York: Harper & Row, 1964.
1965	The Free Men. New York: Harper & Row, 1965.
1967	The Road. New York: Harper & Row, 1967.
1970	Time of Drumes. New York: Harper & Row, 1970.
1971	The Journey of August King. New York: Harper & Row, 1971.
1972	The Cheeses and Wines of England and France, with Notes on Irish Whiskey. New York: Harper & Row, 1972.
1974	The Changing of the Guard. New York: Random House, 1974.
1982	The Winter People. New York: Harper & Row, 1982.
1984	Last One Home. New York: Harper & Row, 1984.
1988	Trail of Tears: The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation. New York: Doubleday, 1988.
1989	The Widow's Trial. New York: Harper & Row, 1989.
1993	Dr. Frank: Life with Frank Porter Graham. Chapel Hill, NC: Franklin Street Books, 1993.