My Appalachia: A Memoir

By Sidney Saylor Farr

Book Overview

"My family lived as far back in the hollers as it was possible to go in Bell County, Kentucky. Dad worked in the timber woods and at a sawmill, when there was employment to be found. We ate what we grew on the place or could glean from the hillsides. Just about everything was made by hand. We had little contact with people outside the region." Sidney Saylor Farr grew up in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, the eldest of ten children. Her devotion to her family led her to accept heavy respo

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124506
• ISBN13: 9780813124506
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary