Altamont (Mountains)

Altamont is a fictionalized version of Thomas Wolfe’s hometown of Asheville, and the main setting for his classic novel Look Homeward, Angel. Wolfe grew up in his family’s boarding house on North Market Street, now the Thomas Wolfe Memorial State Historic Site.

Read more about Thomas Wolfe: http://www.nclhof.org/inductees/1996-2/thomas-wolfe/