Coming Home: A Stranger In the Smokies Christensen John Wade
Coming Home: A Stranger in AppalachiaWhile reporting on the manhunt for terrorist Eric Rudolph in the Smoky Mountains of Appalachia, journalist John Christensen becomes fascinated by people in a town…
Specifikacia Coming Home: A Stranger In the Smokies Christensen John Wade
Coming Home: A Stranger in AppalachiaWhile reporting on the manhunt for terrorist Eric Rudolph in the Smoky Mountains of Appalachia, journalist John Christensen becomes fascinated by people in a town hard hit by economic misfortune. His initial assignment complete, he returns often over the next eighteen months to document their passion and resilience.In a region famously suspicious of strangers, he visits with a soulful country singer, a converted New Yorker, a "hick" from Ohio, the scion of the leading family, and a shotgun-toting hermit.Over coffee and meals, in their homes and businesses, even at a secret hideaway, he witnesses kindness and generosity, humor and hope, scandal and forgiveness, death and renewal.But after losing his job in a corporate layoff, he sets the project aside.He is in his 50s. At