Matchbox Mountain: Stories Based on a Mountain Childhood
Written by Amy Ammons Garza
Narrated by Amy Ammons Garza
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Matchbox Mountain is a collection of stories told by the author about one year in her life in 1952 when she was 10 years old.
Living in the mountains of western North Carolina in a house with no electricity, no running water, and no close neighbors, the author shares stories of how she and her siblings made their own world with little but creativity.
An Author's Republic audio production.
Amy Ammons Garza
Amy is a native of Jackson County, North Carolina. The storyteller in a duo known as The Ammons Sisters, she tells mountain stories while her sister spontaneously illustrates them. The two are co-founders of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to keeping heritage alive through the arts by conducting workshops within the schools.
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