A HARRIETTE ARNOW BIBLIOGRAPHY

by George Brosi

Mountain Path. New York: McDowell Obolensky, 1936. A 374-novel set in a remote mountain community accessible only by a trail, based upon her own experience as a school teacher in such a community.

Hunter's Horn. New York: Macmillan, 1949. A 508-page novel set in a farming community. Three of the characters in this book, a farmer, his wife, and his daughter, are so strong that some readers consider each of the three to be the protagonist of this powerful story.

The Dollmaker. New York: Macmillan, 1954. This 549-page novel portrays a mountain family that moved to Detroit during World War II. It has remained in print in paperback for almost forty years and was the basis for a Tony-Award-winning television special, the only TV special ever produced by Jane Fonda.

Seedtime on the Cumberland. New York: Macmillan, 1960. A 449-page social history of family life in the Cumberland River watershed between 1780 and 1800.

The Flowering of the Cumberland. New York: Macmillan, 1963. This 441-page book is a companion volume to the last listing, focusing on the social life-- the politics, the religion, and so forth-- of Cumberland River watershed settlers during the same time period, 1780-1800.

The Weedkiller's Daughter. New York: Knopf, 1970. A 371-page contemporary novel set in the author's adopted state of Michigan which portrays a conflict of values between a father and his daughter.

The Kentucky Trace. New York: Knopf, 1974. A 288-page historical novel of the Kentucky frontier during the Revolutionary War.

Old Burnside. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1977. Arnow's 129-page social history of the town she was raised in, now inundatated by Lake Cumberland.