Brief stories of the Cumberland Mountains, most told in the voice of the mountaineers themselves. A Christmas dance on Hell-fer-Sartain Creek turns violent, a courtship goes forward on Cutshin, a trader tries a trick, and a senator who rose from the hills makes his last bargain. The language is rough and the feuds are deadly.
Early work by the author of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, vivid on Appalachian speech and ways. Download the free EPUB.