Tweetsie Country [Hardcover]

Mallory Hope Ferrell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

Tweetsie Country can be roughly defined as being bound on the north by the Great Depression, on the east by the state of North Carolina, on the west by Tennessee, and on the south by hope and determination. Here is all the color and charm of the Tweetsie, with its broad gauge aspirations on a narrow gauge budget. It is the story of a unique little railroad that traveled the Blue Ridge country and won the hearts of those who lived there. This handsome pictorial history includes 250 outstanding photographs, plus maps, scale drawings, and three full-color paintings by Mike Pearsall and Casey Holtzinger.

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About the Author

Mallory Hope Ferrell is a native Virginian who roamed the hills of Tweetsie Country as a boy. A graduate of the University of Miami, the author now lives in Peachtree City, Georgia.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 219 pages
• Publisher: Overmountain Press; Second Edition edition (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0932807585
• ISBN-13: 978-0932807588
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 8.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,556,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well researched, beautifully illustrated, June 27, 1999

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This review is from: Tweetsie Country (Hardcover)

In addition to telling the unique and colorful history of the ET&WNC, this book is a fine reference for ET&WNC fans or modelers. It has many illustrations of the line and rolling stock. Photos and sketches in this book were used as prototypes for several model railroad items in G-scale narrow gauge.

5.0 out of 5 stars Tweetsie Country is Fun and Useful, May 8, 2010

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Tweetsie Country by Mallory Hope Ferrell

Tweetsie Country is a handsome pictorial history of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad. ET&WNC, born in the Blue Ridge Mountain country in the 1880s reflects for us today the color and charm of the steam era. Tweetsie Country is the story of the little railroad that could, that over came physical obstacles and the Great Depression to travel the Blue Ridge country bringing the outside world to the mountain folk East Tennessee and Western North Carolina.

While telling the colorful history of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad, this book is an indispensable reference for rail fans or modelers. It contains many illustrations of the line, rolling stock and locomotives. This is a fun, informative and thoroughly useful book.

5.0 out of 5 stars tweetsie country, August 1, 2008

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D. L. Palumbo "retired nurse,gramma" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tweetsie Country (Hardcover)

this helps clarify some of the questions we had about road we live on, which was once main road between Banner Elk and Boone,NC. The railroad line was adjacent to our road before the great flood wiped it out.Interesting.