Not Taking a Fence

"To be really great in little things...is a virtue so great as to be worthy of canonization." - Harriet Beecher Stowe. What constitutes 'little things' is relative in the soaring Appalachian Mountains. Amid nature's grandeur, the people have, for centuries, struggled to bring civilization to the rugged landscape. Or, is it really the other way around? The answer is in the little things. This eclectic collection of poems, songs, and short prose, both fiction and poignant actual experiences, has been collected from more than thirty Appalachian authors, most of whom are never-before-published. It will immerse the reader in the Appalachian experience, both ancient and modern, and guide you from the angst of small town pizza delivery to the tender oral history memories of saying goodbye to loved ones by "sitting up with the dead." "...an Appalachian literary smorgasbord, with both tears and laughter for everyone, from every region."