Author : Patricia M. Osborne
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 50,91 MB
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780995710719
Caught up in a web of treachery and deceit, George grows up believing his mother sold him. He's determined to make her pay, but at what cost? Is he strong enough to rebel? Will George ever learn to forgive?
Author : Carol A. B. Giesen
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 25,68 MB
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780813126951
"Our only sin was not having what they thought was enough. And being forced to take what they called help." Pain and anger resonate deeply in the voice of New Covenant Bound's central narrator. Forced from her homeland on the Tennessee River in the 1930s, she recounts the memory of upheaval and destruction caused by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The Western Kentucky area that now boasts beautiful, expansive bodies of water was once home to some 20,000 people, their houses, farms, townships and ancestral history. Residents were subjected to three waves of forced relocation to make way for Kentucky Lake in the 1930s, Lake Barkley in the 1950s, and Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area in the 1960s. Renowned poet T. Crunk intersperses narrative prose and vivid lyric verse to explore the devastation one family experienced in this often overlooked episode in Kentucky history. The voices of a grandmother and grandson speak to each other over time, evoking the relentless advance of irrevocable forces that changed the land, forever.
Author : William R. Holland
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,10 MB
Release : 2005-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1664172939
William S. Holland: father, brother, husband, businessman, builder, factory worker, state employee, schoolboy, soldier, honored veteran of WWII and friend to thousands. This is the story of his life, full of love and loss, from his small upbringing as the son of an Ohio coal miner to the distinguished family man and community leader he is today. Follow his journey through his words in this truly American tale.
Author : Carmel McMurdo Audsley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,16 MB
Release : 2012
Category :
ISBN : 9781478102557
An historical novel based on real people and places in the period 1861 to 1913, set amidst the poverty and overcrowding in the miners' rows of Ayrshire Scotland.The author has put words into the mouths of her ancestors to create a picture of life for large mining families and how they battled sickness and disease, and barely eked out a living.The story begins with Thomas and Margaret McMurdo and their growing family and describes their simple lives crowded into a two-room dwelling in a miners' row. There are many highs and lows for the family. You will be introduced to their children, and particularly their eldest son George who (against her mother's wishes) marries 18-year-old Mary Hamilton, a carefree, educated young woman. You will read of the family's friendship with well-known union activist Keir Hardie. It's a story about the struggles of the miners and their families - the men who slaved away underground facing daily dangers, and the women who worked hard bearing and raising large families and praying that their men would return unharmed from the pits. The overwhelming sadness will tug at your heartstrings - and to make this story more poignant, it really happened.
Author : Henry Kowalewski
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,41 MB
Release : 2023-04-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781960399687
I wrote this short story or booklet, so my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren would have some knowledge of their heritage. Also, I felt that I had a great life growing up. My mom and dad were very good to us. They took good care of us 4 kids.. we always had food on table and clean clothes to wear. That is why I am dedicating this book to them.I have had a great life. I married the love of my life and we have 3 wonderful children. They are very special and very hard workers . We have been married for 60 great years. I have been blessed with such a great life and would not change it. I love my wife with all my heart and my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. I hope you have enjoyed reading my book.
Author : Sid Waddell
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,78 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN :
Presents a family saga set amid the pit villages of the North East. This title provides a picture of a colourful, tight knit community full of good times and hard work, god-fearing women and hard-drinking men.
Author : William R. Holland
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 47,85 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1413474020
William S. Holland: father, brother, husband, businessman, builder, factory worker, state employee, schoolboy, soldier, honored veteran of WWII and friend to thousands. This is the story of his life, full of love and loss, from his small upbringing as the son of an Ohio coal miner to the distinguished family man and community leader he is today. Follow his journey through his words in this truly American tale.
Author : Homer Hickam
Publisher : Island Books
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 31,11 MB
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0307423328
It's fall, 1959, and Homer "Sonny" Hickam and his fellow Rocket Boys are in their senior year at Big Creek High, launching handbuilt rockets that soar thousands of feet into the West Virginia sky. But in a season traditionally marked by celebrations of the spirit, Coalwood finds itself at a painful crossroads. The strains can be felt within the Hickam home, where a beleaguered HomerSr. is resorting to a daring but risky plan to keep the mine alive, and his wife Elsie is feeling increasingly isolated from both her family and the townspeople. And Sonny, despite a blossoming relationship with a local girl whose dreams are as big as his, finds his own mood repeatedly darkened by an unexplainable sadness. Eager to rally the town's spirits and make her son's final holiday season at home a memorable one, Elsie enlists Sonny and the Rocket Boys' aid in making the Coalwood Christmas Pageant the best ever. But trouble at the mine and the arrival of a beautiful young outsider threaten to tear the community apart when it most needs to come together. And when disaster strikes at home, and Elsie's beloved pet squirrel escapes under his watch, Sonny realizes that helping his town and redeeming himself in his mother's eyes may be a bigger-and more rewarding-challenge than he has ever faced. The result is pure storytelling magic- a tale of small-town parades and big-hearted preachers, the timeless love of families and unforgettable adventures of boyhood friends-that could only come from the man who brought the world Rocket Boys
Author : Rb Parkline
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 25,9 MB
Release : 2016-05-13
Category :
ISBN : 9781393252504
With a twist to the traditional Christmas story Jack Morgan a poor coal miner struggles to provide for his family. He only wants the best for his children. Which is for them to have an education, and to be sucessful in life. He hopes their life will be better than his hard struggle working in the coal mines. His choices of providing for his family, and insuring they are sucessful will be conflicted with his high morales against running moonshine. Which he believes is wrong, but does provide the needed income he wants. Jack also carries the burden of a secret he lives with and is embarassed by this fact which is a driving factor for his need to see his children succeed. He has to ballance his work, and family whille struggling to provide a living and be the best Father he can be, while also being a positive influnce in their lives.
Author : Lois Barnes Binkley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 11,72 MB
Release : 2016-12-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781540760975
A COAL MINER'S SON RELIVES HIS LIFE AFTER SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OF SILENCE A Kentucky man with the story of a lifetime. A past that will bring you to tears. The struggles and hardships he faced and hid from his family for so long, to avoid the criticism and shame, are now brought to the public. His journey from the loss of his father at the age of two in a coal mine, to being left with abusive grandparents and a mother on the run, then ending with years of experience. Constantly finding his own way. After all these years of turmoil and regret, he finally settles down and finds someone who brings light from the darkness of his past. She helps him build up the courage to come out of the silence of seventy five years and share with his family and the world; the true story of Toby Wayne King Jr.
