''The Land of the Sky, or, adventures in mountain by-ways'' (1876) is a novel by American author Frances Christine Fisher Tiernan, who published under the pseudonym Christian Reid. She published more than 50 novels, most notably this one. The name refers to the

Blue Ridge Mountains The Blue Ridge Mountains are a Physiographic regions of the world, physiographic province of the larger Appalachian Mountains range. The mountain range is located in the Eastern United States, and extends 550 miles southwest from southern Pennsy ...

and

Great Smoky Mountains The Great Smoky Mountains (, ''Equa Dutsusdu Dodalv'') are a mountain range rising along the Tennessee–North Carolina border in the southeastern United States. They are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains, and form part of the Blue Ridge ...

western North Carolina Western North Carolina (often abbreviated as WNC) is the region of North Carolina which includes the Appalachian Mountains; it is often known geographically as the state's Mountain Region. It contains the highest mountains in the Eastern United ...

. The title of the book has come to be used as a nickname for North Carolina. More recently, it has been adopted by the city of

Asheville Asheville ( ) is a city in, and the county seat of, Buncombe County, North Carolina. Located at the confluence of the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers, it is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the state's 11th-most populous ci ...

, which lies between the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky mountains in the state.

Editions

*New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1876. (1st ed.) *Alexander, NC: Land of the Sky Books, 2001, (trade paper), (hc) 1876 American novels Novels set in North Carolina Works published under a pseudonym D. Appleton & Company books {{1870s-novel-stub