American Mountain People
by Clay Anderson, Charlton Ogburn, Bill Peterson, Zeke Scher & Stephen Wennstrom
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This is a very wonderful book, a true piece of Americana. This book was published in 1973 by the Special Publications Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.. The book measures 7 ¼ inches by 10 ¼ inches and contains 200 pages. The green cloth cover shows minor signs of wear hardly worth mentioning. The book has pictorial end pages. The pages are printed on good quality, glossy paper and show no signs of rips or tears. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is very good.
Three generations assemble for a family reunion in the Missouri Ozarks at the turn of the century. Food prepared by many hands weights the table before the large log house. Strong family ties and scattered mountain settlements underscored the importance of social gatherings - and still do: People travel considerable distances not only for weddings and funerals but also to celebrate baptisms, housewarmings, and barn-raisings.
Neighbors join Peter Price (on the porch with a meal sack) at this gristmill on Tory Creek, Missouri, in 1905. A tailcoat distinguishes country doctor John M. Gideon. The abundant streams of the Ozarks once powered some 400 mills, and most became popular meeting places and social centers.
Forested ridges of Harlan County, Kentucky, rise above an ocean of early morning fog. The nearby Cumberland Gap has funneled pioneers and travelers westward for 200 years.
Arrival of the mail brings a young trio to a remote box in Knott County, Kentucky. The mailman, Irvin Pratt, 70, has ridden the 18 mile mountain route from Pine Top to Pippa Passes off and on since 1955, and has work out tow mules and three horses. He delivers “anything within reason,” but has stopped toting such loads as mail order tires.
Walter Brown and crew wait for a truck to load. After boring into a seam, the disconnect their first rig from the embedded auger, back off, fit one of the extra auger lengths, and resume drilling.
Sons and daughters, neighbors and friends climb to the family graveyard with the coffin of A.M. Simpson, a Kentucky farmer who died at the age of 61. Of his ten children, all except one had left the family home in Bledsoe, but all returned for their fathers funeral…
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