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Lion on the Hearth

John Ehle

Lion on the Hearth is the story of the King family, successful merchants in Great Depression-era Asheville, North Carolina, where trading, competing, and risk taking are necessary for survival, and where greed and lust for love and power tests the limits of a strong, ambitious family. First published by Harper & Row in 1961, Lion on the Hearth is chronologically the sixth book in John Ehle's seven-book Appalachian series that includes The Land Breakers, The Journey of August King, Time of Drums, The Road, The Winter People, and Last One Home.

GenresFictionClassicsHistorical

416 pages, 2 editions

English edition · First published 2015 by Press 53 · ISBN 9781941209301

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Editions

2 editions

English

  • Lion on the Hearth · Press 53 · 2015 · ISBN 9781941209301 This page

Other (tg)

  • Lion on the hearth .. · HarperCollins · 1961 · ISBN 9789997511669

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