The third and last book culled from the mountain of manuscript Thomas Wolfe left behind, The Hills Beyond "contains some of his best, and certainly his most mature, work" ( New York Times Book Review ).
It tells the story of the Joyner family, George Webber\'s maternal ancestors, in pre-Civil War North Carolina and illustrates Wolfe\'s fine sense of family tra.
The unfinished novel from which this collection of sketches, stories, and novellas takes its title was Wolfe\'s final effort.
The third and last book culled from the mountain of manuscript Thomas Wolfe left behind, The Hills Beyond "contains some of his best, and certainly his most mature, work" ( New York Times Book Review )