Michael Fortner represents his cousin, the American novelist Thomas Wolfe, who made two eventful trips to Burnsville to visit relatives. One of these trips ended in a murder trial, and the other resulted in one of Thomas Wolfe's most famous short stories.
Written and Hosted by Dylan Wilson
Performed by Michael Fortner
Music performed by Nicholas Rash
Edited and Produced by Jules Corriere
Our Mountain Speaks Season One is funded by a grant from Avery-Mitchell-Yancey Regional Library System.
Special thanks to the Yancey History Association and Millie's Mountain.
Stories for this podcast were inspired from an oral history collection found in The Heritage of the Toe River Valley by Dr. Lloyd Bailey (1994)