Growing Up Hard in Harlan County
G.C. "Red" Jones's classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression is a story of courage, persistence, and eventual triumph. His priceless and detailed recollections of hardscrabble farming, of the impact of Prohibition on an individualistic people, of the community-destroying mine wars of "Bloody Harlan," and of the drastic dislocations brought by World War II are essential to understanding this seminal era in Appalachian history.
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Growing Up Hard in Harlan County
G.C. "Red" Jones's classic memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression is a story of courage, persistence, and eventual triumph. His priceless and detailed recollections of hardscrabble farming, of the impact of Prohibition on an individualistic people, of the community-destroying mine wars of "Bloody Harlan," and of the drastic dislocations brought by World War II are essential to understanding this seminal era in Appalachian history.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780813190808 |
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Publisher: | University Press of Kentucky |
Publication date: | 02/07/2004 |
Pages: | 192 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
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