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; "Potato Branch")
In this collection of poignant and richly detailed stories, Joe Morgan reveals the wonders and realities of growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1930s and ’40s. With neighbors and family so well characterized you’d think they were your own, Joe shows us the heart of Appalachian life — in a place called Potato Branch.
"...delightful sketches of real people, places, and events....The colorful, humorous, memorable, and sometimes eccentric
characters become as animated as if you’ve known them all your life."
— Billy Arthur, Our State magazine
"...a real contribution to Americana....It makes me think of Norman Rockwell, in whose work I take much pleasure."
— Dr. Barbara Reynolds, Cambridge University
"Our stories are nothing less than the unfolding of our lives. Our thanks to Joe Morgan, who shared his own stories and
gently led us into our own."
— B. J. Wagner, Director of the Chicago Area Writing Project
; "Into the Chilling Water")
Like Joe Morgan’s Potato Branch, this collection of richly detailed stories reveals more of the wonders and realities of growing up in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the 1930s and ’40s. We meet again some old friends, along with new folks so well characterized you’d think they were your own friends and family in the heart of Appalachia.
; "Joe Richard Morgan")
A teacher who has taught language, literature, and writing for over forty years, Joe Morgan has been selected twice by his colleagues as teacher of the year and has received the Illinois Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Joe was one of the last John Hay Fellows. He has received five grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and a Rockefeller Foundation Grant to study philosophy and humanities in secondary education. Dr. Morgan received his PhD in English Literature from Stafford University, London, UK.
Joe Richard Morgan is the author of Potato Branch and Into the Chilling Water. He has two daughters and a son and lives with his wife, Milli, in Mars Hill, North Carolina, and in Bluffton, South Carolina.
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