“A lizard in the spring - hear his darling sing. A bird with wings to fly - go back to his darling weep and moan till he dies. A mole in the ground - root a mountain down.” DiesMountainSpringBirdRootsWingsDarlingLizardsMolesWings To Fly Book:Cold Mountain Source: Cold Mountain
“I was 46 when 'Cold Mountain' came out. I was settled. We had a nice house in Raleigh and a horse farm.” HouseNiceColdMountainHorseFarmsNice HouseCold MountainRaleigh Author:Charles Frazier
“I remember my father checking on a mountain kid who hadn't been coming to school. My father had this beautiful Harris tweed overcoat. He came back with a knife cut all down one side. The parents had told him it was none of his business why their son wasn't going to school.” KidsSchoolBeautifulRememberFatherParentSidesCuttingSonMountainKnivesOvercoatTweed Author:Charles Frazier
“While writing Cold Mountain, I held maps of two geographies, two worlds, in my mind as I wrote. One was an early map of North Carolina. Overlaying it, though, was an imagined map of the landscape Jack travels in the southern Appalachian folktales. He's much the same Jack who climbs the beanstalk, vulnerable and clever and opportunistic.” WorldWritingMindTwoColdMountainCleverVulnerableLandscapeClimbsMapsSouthernGeographyCarolinaNorth CarolinaTwo WorldsAppalachiaFolktalesCold Mountain Author:Charles Frazier
