Published in 1993 by Gnomon PressIn His First, Best Country, the sequel to his earlier book Newfound, Jim Wayne Miller delivers an unforgettable Appalachian novel. His lyrical prose captures the pull of home as he explores our ties to land, neighbors, and self, exploring what’s most painful and sustaining about belonging.

Originally published in 1989, this Gnomon Press edition was released in 1996.In Newfound, Jim Wayne Miller offers a lyrical, plain-spoken coming-of-age story set in Appalachian Tennessee. In episodic vignettes, young Robert navigates his parents’ divorce, life on his grandparents’ farms, and seasonal rhythms. By age seventeen he leaves Newfound Creek for Berea College, shaped by family lore and hard-won lessons. In 1993 Miller published a sequel: His First, Best Country.

Published in 1993 by Gnomon PressIn His First, Best Country, the sequel to his earlier book Newfound, Jim Wayne Miller delivers an unforgettable Appalachian novel. His lyrical prose captures the pull of home as he explores our ties to land, neighbors, and self, exploring what’s most painful and sustaining about belonging.

Originally published in 1989, this Gnomon Press edition was released in 1996.In Newfound, Jim Wayne Miller offers a lyrical, plain-spoken coming-of-age story set in Appalachian Tennessee. In episodic vignettes, young Robert navigates his parents’ divorce, life on his grandparents’ farms, and seasonal rhythms. By age seventeen he leaves Newfound Creek for Berea College, shaped by family lore and hard-won lessons. In 1993 Miller published a sequel: His First, Best Country.