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Item Details
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GROWING UP HARD IN HARLAN COUNTY
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| By: |
G. C. Jones |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| List price:
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£18.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0813190800 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780813190808 |
| Publisher: |
THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY |
| Pub. date: |
7 February, 2004 |
| Pages: |
190 |
| Description: |
This is G.C. "Red" Jones's memoir of growing up in rural eastern Kentucky during the Depression. Here, he recollects hardscrabble farming, the impact of prohibition on an individualistic people, the community-destroying mine wars of "Bloody Harlan" and the dislocations brought by World War II. |
| Synopsis: |
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. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
The University Press of Kentucky |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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