Rip Van Winkle: Cold Mountain

Sorely wounded and fatally disillusioned, a Confederate soldier named Inman decides to walk back to his home in the Blue Ridge mountains and Ada, the woman he loves. His trek across the disintegrating South brings him into intimate and sometimes lethal converse with slaves and marauders, bounty hunters and witches, both helpful and malign. Meanwhile, the intrepid Ada is trying to revive her father's derelict farm and learning to survive in a world where the old certainties have been swept away. 

Join the Rip Van Winkle Book Club as we read and discuss books that highlight North Carolina. This month's book is Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. 

For a free copy of the book, please contact Anthony Dykhouse at (910) 483-7727 ext. 1404 or adykhouse@cumberlandcountync.gov. 

For more information about this program, please call (910) 483-7727 ext. 1365.