June Tolliver is a barefoot girl of the Cumberland Mountains when John Hale, a young mining engineer from the Bluegrass, rides over the gap to open the region’s coal. He sends her away to school, and she returns changed to a home of feuds, moonshine and clan loyalty, where the coming of the railroad and the law threatens everything her family knows.
A huge seller in 1908, adapted for stage and screen, and still a vivid picture of Appalachia at the industrial frontier. Download the free EPUB.