Reviews
"I cannot imagine a reader who would not be caught and then held by this direct, simply written account. Every page made me see for the first time beyond the cliches of mountain life." -- New York Times Book Review, "A story about the lives of mountain people in the old days. If you enjoy hearing older people tell stories, you will find this an engrossing book." -- Bowling Green Daily News, "Delightful. It brings back a flood of memories for many.-- Ashland Independent" -- Ashland Independent, "Gone are the days Verna Mae Slone tells about, so this simple memoir is doubly touching -- a record of a way of tlife of a proud and upright mountain folk.-- Christian Science Monitor" -- Christian Science Monitor, Gone are the days Verna Mae Slone tells about, so this simple memoir is doubly touching--a record of a way of tlife of a proud and upright mountain folk., "Gone are the days Verna Mae Slone tells about, so this simple memoir is doubly touching -- a record of a way of tlife of a proud and upright mountain folk." -- Christian Science Monitor, "A story about the lives of mountain people in the old days. If you enjoy hearing older people tell stories, you will find this an engrossing book.-- Bowling Green Daily News" -- Bowling Green Daily News, A story about the lives of mountain people in the old days. If you enjoy hearing older people tell stories, you will find this an engrossing book., A remembrance of a close-knit community, and of a hard-working people who still found the time to walk into the valley, listen to bird songs, and smell the flowers. This is definitely a book worth reading., "A remembrance of a close-knit community, and of a hard-working people who still found the time to walk into the valley, listen to bird songs, and smell the flowers. This is definitely a book worth reading." -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, A plain, interesting, sensitive book.... We see a people living contently in unison with a rugged environment which has 'imprisoned and protected them for 150 years.', "A remembrance of a close-knit community, and of a hard-working people who still found the time to walk into the valley, listen to bird songs, and smell the flowers. This is definitely a book worth reading.-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society" -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, I cannot imagine a reader who would not be caught and then held by this direct, simply written account. Every page made me see for the first time beyond the cliches of mountain life., "A plain, interesting, sensitive book.... We see a people living contently in unison with a rugged environment which has 'imprisoned and protected them for 150 years.'" -- Library Journal, "A plain, interesting, sensitive book.... We see a people living contently in unison with a rugged environment which has 'imprisoned and protected them for 150 years.'-- Library Journal" -- Library Journal
