A log foot-bridge over a dark gorge is said to be crossed by travellers no one can see. Craddock’s five stories of the Tennessee mountains follow mountaineers into court, a Christmas in Lonesome Cove, moonshiners at Hoho-Hebee Falls and the riddle of the rocks, all told in rich mountain dialect.
Local-colour fiction by Mary Noailles Murfree, who wrote under a man’s name. Download the free EPUB.