Set in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in the 1840s, "Heathen Valley" gives an insightful and sometimes humorous look at a remote town filled with people living "dreadful, primitive lives, debased into savagery." In Heathen Valley, incest, abuse, feuds and intermarriage abound, making it a prime place for a lofty, idealistic Episcopalian bishop to plant a church with the intent of civilizing the townspeople
Set in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina in the 1840s, "Heathen Valley" gives an insightful and sometimes humorous look at a remote town filled with people living "dreadful, primitive lives, debased into savagery." In Heathen Valley, incest, abuse, feuds and intermarriage abound, making it a prime place for a lofty, idealistic Episcopalian bishop to plant a church with the intent of civilizing the townspeople
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