Roxana: It took a rowdy village in Letcher County, Kentucky to nurture this writer's young mind. - Softcover

Hogg, Forester

 
9781477518663: Roxana: It took a rowdy village in Letcher County, Kentucky to nurture this writer's young mind.
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1477518665 ISBN 13: 9781477518663
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

It’s the late 1940s in Letcher County, Kentucky, and in the raucous mountain hamlet of Roxana, young Forester Hogg and his brother Jim court death daily as they try earnestly to emulate adult behaviors that would chill a mother’s heart to learn of them. Dire family circumstances cause the boys to be placed with elderly foster parents, Bill and Mary, at the head Paces’s Branch. These temporary "parents" live off the land and supplement their old-age pension with a secret moonshine still. And the boys adjust to a lifestyle that remains a century behind the times. It’s a coming of age story that asks the question: why can’t all life lessons just be funny, instead of painful, or embarrassing, or, as is usual with these two brothers, all three at the same time?

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About the Author

Forester Hogg was born on Kings Creek, in Letcher County, Kentucky, and moved soon after to the nearby village of Roxana. It was here, and in places close by, that he lived for his first ten years. He graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BA in Sociology. After completing a career-long detour through the field of computer software development, he has turned his attention back to what originally lay behind his interest in Sociology-the culture of his Appalachian birthplace. In his lifetime he has seen rural Appalachia lose much of its centuries-old identity under the culture-leveling influence of increased educational opportunity, popular media, access to the Internet, and easy travel. His purpose in writing Roxana has been to depart from the aims of scholars and TV documentaries and tell a personal story of the richly-textured life he experienced in the hills of eastern Kentucky. He currently lives in Henderson, Kentucky.

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Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Publication date
2013
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1477518665
ISBN 13 
9781477518663
Binding
Paperback
Illustrator
Hogg Jody
Number of pages
200