Appalachian Mountains
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| Elevation | 2,037 m |
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| Range coordinates | 40°N 78°W / 40°N 78°W Coordinates: 40°N 78°W / 40°N 78°W |
| Length | 2,050 mi |
| Did you know | The Appalachians includes the White Mountains, Green Mountains, Catskills, Alleghenies, Blue Ridge, and Cumberland Mountains; the highest point is Mount Mitchell in North Carolina at 2037m (6684ft). |
| Ratings | 4.6 |
| Area | 1.909 million km² |
| Highest point | Mount Mitchell |
| Passes | Cumberland Gap |
| Appalachian Gap | |
| Newfound Gap | |
| Countries | United States |
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| Mountains | Mount Mitchell |
| Blue Ridge Mountains | |
| Mount Katahdin | |
| Clingmans Dome | |
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| ID | 1080003 |
About Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. Here, the term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain.
Where is the Appalachian Mountains
Women's Prize for Fiction: Barbara Kingsolver wins for Demon Copperhead
... Relocating the story from Victorian England to the modern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Demon Copperhead tells the story of a boy born in a trailer park who navigates foster care, labour exploitation, addiction, love and loss...
Oscars 2019: What next for this year's Oscar winners?
... This year will also see the release of Them That Follow, a drama set in the Appalachian Mountains in which she plays a member of a Pentecostal church that adheres to the religious practice of snake handling...
A toxic crisis in America's coal country
... Explosives are detonated at a surface mining operation in the Appalachian Mountains And in a part of the world where many people rely on their own wells to get water, rather than a conventional, monitored, pipeline, any pollution from mining waste can have devastating consequences...
Women's Prize for Fiction: Barbara Kingsolver wins for Demon Copperhead
By Paul GlynnEntertainment reporter
This year's Women's Prize for Fiction has gone to Barbara Kingsolver for Demon Copperhead, a modern reimagining of Charles Dickens ' David Copperfield .
Kingsolver, who also won in 2010 for The Lacuna , is The First author to take The Prize twice.
She Said Dickens wrote his 1850 novel " to protest the ravages of poverty on The Children of his time" adding: " I wrote mine for the same reason. "
The judges called it " a towering, deeply powerful and significant book".
Relocating The Story from Victorian England to the modern Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Demon Copperhead tells The Story of a boy born in a trailer park who navigates foster care, labour exploitation, addiction, love and loss.
Former Bbc Breakfast presenter Louise Minchin , who chaired The Women 's Prize judges, said it was " a unanimous decision".
'At The Top of her game'The book serves as " an exposé of modern America, its opioid crisis and the detrimental treatment of deprived and maligned [rural] communities" Minchin said.
" Brilliant and visceral, it is storytelling by an author at The Top of her game. We were all deeply moved by Demon, his gentle optimism, resilience and determination Despite Everything being set against him. "
Kingsolver explained that it was " challenging and also fun to transpose Victorian characters and situations to My Own place and time" for her 10th novel.
Minchin presented the US author with the £30,000 prize at a ceremony in London on Wednesday. Demon Copperhead also won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction earlier this year.
Now in its 28th year, The Women 's Prize honours " outstanding, ambitious, original fiction" written in English by female writers from around The World .
Women's Prize for Fiction 2023 shortlistRelated TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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