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Wilma Dykeman is dead at age 86.

“Her first book, ‘The French Broad River’ written in 1955, was deeply influential on Appalachian writers and was described by one critic as a love poem to the region and its people.”

The French Broad book was part of Wilma Dykemen’s acclaimed “Rivers of America Series,” a group of books that combined environmental activism, folklore and history. The series helped to inspire her fellow authors from the region to look to their heritage for subject matter.

Other books by Wilma Dykeman include “The Tall Woman” from 1966 that covers the life of Lydia McQueen during the Civil War, “The Far Family” also from 1966 and “Return the Innocent Earth” from 1973.

~~The ODDones for OurDailyDead.com

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