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    This Rock
    This Rock
    This Rock
    Audiobook (abridged)5 hours

    This Rock

    Written by Robert Morgan

    Narrated by Rosemary Alexander and Robert Clotworthy

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Set in the North Carolina mountains in the early 1920s, This Rock tells the story of two brothers who are as different as Cain and Abel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateApr 15, 2007
    ISBN9781598874471
    This Rock
    Author

    Robert Morgan

    Robert Morgan is a poet, novelist, and biographer. His most recent book is Boone: A Biography (2007), winner of the Kentucky Literary Award and finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Award. He is the recipient of fellowships and awards from the Guggenheim and Rockefeller Foundations, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as an honorary degree from his alma mater, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1971 he has taught at Cornell University, where he is now Kappa Alpha

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      I can`t believe more people have not rated this book. Robert Morgan is one of the best living writers. He makes the mountain people of the 20`s breathe. I will never forget the characters in this novel.