Jean Thomas

Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas First edition

Contents include: The Country and the & People 3 THE LAND 3 THE PEOPLE 1O BLAZING THE TRAIL l6 THE MOUNTAINEER 40 2,. Land of Feuds and Stills 46 HATFIELDS AND MG COYS 46 PEACEMAKER 55 TAKING SIDES 73 MARTIN-TOLLIVER TROUBLES 91 FAMILY HONOR 105 3. Products of the Soil 1 1 % TIMBER 112 WOMAN S WORK 1 1 7 4. Tradition 122 PHILOMEL WHIFFET S SINGING SCHOOL 122 RIDDLES AND FORTUNES 135 THE INFARE WEDDING 151 5. Religious Customs 155 FUNERALIZING 155 OLD CHRISTMAS 158 FOOT-WASHING 1 6 1 NEW LIGHT 164 6. Superstition 168 BIG SANDY RIVER l68 WATER WITCH 169 MARRYING ON HORSEBACK I* J2 DEATH CROWN 1* 7 7 A WHITE FEATHER 178 7. Legend 180 CROCKETT S HOLLOW 1 80 THE SILVER TOMAHAWK l86 BLACK CAT 189 THE DEER WOMAN AND THE FAWN 1Q4 GHOST OF DEVIL ANSE 1Q9 THE WINKING CORPSE 2Og THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN GABLES 205 8. Singing on the Mountain Side 210 OF LAND AND RIVER 2 1O FEUD 2l6 LEGEND 2 1 8 TRAGEDY 228 PATRIOT 239 9. Reclaiming the Wilderness 248 VANISHING FEUDIST 248 SILVER MOON TAVERN 250 BL