THE LOST COUNTRY (599 pp.)—J. R. Salamanca—Simon & Schuster ($5). When Hero Jim Blackstarr does any talking, he is all corn pone and hominy grits: “Look, Betty Lee, it i’n’t goin’ to be like this all ...

Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) is among America's greatest novelists. One of his most acclaimed books, “You Can't Go Home Again,” takes place just prior to the stock market crash of '29. George Webber has ...

FAMILY MATTERS: Despite public outcry over his 1929 debut novel, Look Homeward, Angel, local residents were still eager to know what Thomas Wolfe had planned next. As pressure mounted to deliver his ...

BEST ROOM IN THE HOUSE: Kayla Seay, assistant site director at the Thomas Wolfe Memorial, poses inside the sun parlor. Of the 29 rooms inside the historic house, this is her favorite space. Photo by ...

Asheville’s local hero, renowned autobiographical novelist, Thomas Wolfe, is perhaps best known for his voluminousness, why use one word when you can use one hundred. In contrast, D. Hiden Ramsey, ...

BETWEEN Julian R. Meade, the late Danville, Virginia, writer, and Tom Wolfe there were ties such as drew Wolfe to few of his younger contemporaries. Julian, a Southerner like Tom, talented and highly ...

ASHEVILLE — It was a rural sanctuary for famed Asheville author Thomas Wolfe, the site of his first return to the city after writing "Look Homeward, Angel" and of his last before his death in 1938.