“There is a table up there that is very similar to the one in Serena, made from a single piece of yellow poplar. That table was inspired by a real one Rash saw at Lake Logan Retreat Center, in the heart of the former Sunburst logging territory. In the aristocratic quarters of Serena’s timber barons, a massive dining table ringed by captain’s chairs was made from a single polished slab of wood - a symbol of the opulence derived from the destruction of the timeless forests. With so many rich place names to pick from, why bother making any up? Rash uses real place names as well: Clingmans Dome, Deep Creek, Rough Fork, Balsam Mountain, Mount Sterling, Noland Mountain, Cove Creek. It makes the book more real to the reader,” Rash said.
“I think it is one of those little things that make the book truer. Serena, set in Haywood County, has Campbells, Harmons, Nolands, Buchanans, Galloways and so on. Rash’s books are laden with real last names from the region he’s writing about. “I didn’t know about it in advance, much like a surprise party,” Frizzell said. The real Frizzell said he was indeed honored. Rash said it was his way of honoring a “very valuable source.”
The Frizzell in Serena was a professional photographer of the day, and if the fictional Frizzell had in fact been real, the photos he took would have later been curated in the collections of the real Frizzell. Frizzell paid tribute to George Frizzell, the institutional rock star of Western Carolina University’s special library collections - the hands-down expert on all-things historical about the region. Perhaps that’s…Ī supporting character in the novel named R.L. In conversation, Fred Chappell is a man of few words and sentiments.
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