A cabin dance in Beaver Cove opens a run of stories about Georgia mountain folk: S’phiry Ann, Bet Crow, Silury, and ‘Zeki’l, condemned by neighbours who think he sheltered a thief. Courtships, quarrels and quiet sacrifices play out in a settlement of meagre cabins, told largely in mountain speech.
Southern Appalachian local colour of 1892, published by Mark Twain’s own firm, Charles L. Webster and Co. Download the free EPUB.