The Wolfpen Notebooks: A Record of Appalachian Life

By James Still

Book Overview

After keeping school for six years at the forks of Troublesome Creek in the Kentucky hills, James Still moved to a century-old log house between the waters of Wolfpen Creek and Dead Mare Branch, on Little Carr Creek, and became "the man in the bushes" to his curious neighbors. Still joined the life of the scattered community. He raised his own food, preserved fruits and vegetables for the winter, and kept two stands of bees for honey. A neighbor remarked of Still, "He's left a good job, and come

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813117410
• ISBN13: 9780813117416
• Release Date: July 1991
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher