The Land Beyond the Mountains Author:Janice Holt Giles "When folks take a notion to come to Kentucky nothing's going to sway 'em. This is the Garden of Eden-the Promised Land. And all they can think of when the fever hits 'em is to get here as quick as they can." — Cumberland Gap was America's West, the wilderness horizon. It called the brave and the hopeful, and they came-some with their families... more », some alone, and others to buy "frontier brides" at open auction. But when it called Cass Cartwright, it was to draw him into unexpected struggles-against the treacherous General Wilkinson, who hoped to make Kentucky the center of his own Western empire...and against the willful defiance of Tattie Drake, who had suddenly roused his senses and stirred the fires of his heart.« less
Noted American author Janice Giles knows the area she writes about having married a country Kentuckian and adopted his home area. She also knows the history and ambience of this area and inculcates her stories with them. Interesting, good read.