Publication

1971 - Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

67,000 words, Guess

Page Count

268 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC813/.5/4
  • LCCPZ3.G3929 Mi3
  • LCCPS3513.I4628 Mi3

Description

The story of a kindly woman who moves to the Kentucky hills in the late 1940s to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. At first she tries to change the rustic habits of the stubborn and proud Appalachian people. But eventually she comes to appreciate the dignity of their customs and finds fulfillment in their way of life.

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