The Trail of the Lonesome Pine - Softcover

Fox, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813101565 ISBN 13: 9780813101569

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 1984

Synopsis

John Fox Jr. published this great romantic novel of the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky and Virginia in 1908, and the book quickly became one of America's favorites. It has all the elements of a good romance―a superior but natural heroine, a hero who is an agent of progress and enlightenment, a group of supposedly benighted mountaineers to be drawn into the flow of mainstream American culture, a generous dose of social and class struggle, and a setting among the misty coves and cliffs of the blue Cumberlands.

Reprinted with a foreword by John Ed Pearce, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine has all the excitement and poignance that caught and held readers' interest when the book first appeared.

About this title

About the Author:

John Fox Jr. (1863–1919), author of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and many other books, remains one of Kentucky best-known and most popular writers.

From AudioFile:

Little June Tolliver changes her life forever the day she lies hides behind the big Lonesome Pine to observe a handsome visitor. That man, Jack Hale, becomes her champion as he transforms her from a backwater Appalachian waif to a high-society lady. But while her tastes and expectations change, her heart remains in the Cumberland Gap. This reading expertly presents more than two dozen male and female voices that include both tough, backcountry accents and cultured, Eastern inflections. Villers's pace is perfect for this potentially tedious tale; when it was over, I wanted a sequel immediately. J.E.G. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 0813101565
• ISBN 13: 9780813101569
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440