Running On Red Dog Road

Author : Drema Hall Berkheimer
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780310344988

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Running on Red Dog Road by Drema Hall Berkheimer Pdf

“Mining companies piled trash coal in a slag heap and set it ablaze. The coal burned up, but the slate didn’t. The heat turned it rose and orange and lavender. The dirt road I lived on was paved with that sharp-edged rock. We called it Red Dog. My grandmother always told me, ‘Don’t you go running on that Red Dog road.’ But oh, I did.” Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema’s childhood in 1940s Appalachia after Drema’s father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. Drema’s coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, jitterbug lessons, and traveling carnivals, and though it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family of saints and sinners whose lives defy the stereotypes. Just as she defies her own. Running On Red Dog Road is proof that truth is stranger than fiction, especially when it comes to life and faith in an Appalachian childhood.

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2022-07-30T23:00:00Z
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9798822563155

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Summary of Drema Hall Berkheimer's Running on Red Dog Road by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Rindy, my first grandchild, was born with hyaline-membrane disease, but she fought hard and eventually recovered. She was given her great-great-grandma’s name, Clerrinda.

Author : Rand Gee,Gene Czambel
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Coal mines and mining
ISBN : 9781387294077

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The Forgotten Mines and Coal Towns of Thoms Run by Rand Gee,Gene Czambel Pdf

This book documents the history of the coal mines and coal towns of Thoms Run hollow. Read about the development of coal towns Beechmont, Hickman, Federal, Burdine, and Presto, PA. Get a sense of where the mines and towns were located, and about life in the coal patches. Understand the tough life that miners had in rural Pennsylvania. Learn the rich history of how one little road supported so much coal production and the development of Collier Township, PA

Author : Cathy Summerlin,Vernon Summerlin
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1995-04-29
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781418559670

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Traveling the Trace by Cathy Summerlin,Vernon Summerlin Pdf

Only three national parks have more visitors each year than the Natchez Trace Parkway, a national park of great natural beauty and historical significance that follows a 450-mile course from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi. First used as a vital transportation link by Native Americans and later by "kaintucks" and frontiersmen, today the Trace is experienced by more than 13 million visitors a year. Traveling the Trace explores the parkway and sights within 30 miles of either side of the Natchez Trace. In addition to the well-known stops, the authors visit side roads most tourists ignore or don't know exist. It is a guide to: 25 Civil War sites 73 antebellum homes 65 museums and art galleries 78 antique shops and malls 72 bed and breakfasts 56 campgrounds 175 restaurants 49 spots for water sports and a whole lot more "One of the ten most outstanding scenic byways in America." ?Scenic Byways Bulletin "Distances on the Natchez Trace are measured as much in places, people, and history as in miles." ?Southern Living

Author : Robin Yocum
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611458497

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The Essay by Robin Yocum Pdf

Jimmy Lee Hickam grew up along Red Dog Road, a dead-end strip of gravel and mud buried deep in the bowels of Appalachian Ohio. It is the poorest road, in the poorest county, in the poorest region of the state. To make things worse, the name Hickam is synonymous with trouble. Jimmy Lee hails from a heathen mix of thieves, moonshiners, drunkards, and general anti-socials that for decades have clung to both the hardscrabble hills and the iron bars of every jail cell in the region. This life, Jimmy Lee believes, is his destiny, someday working with his drunkard father at the sawmill, or sitting next to his arsonist brother in the penitentiary. There aren’t many options if your last name is Hickam. An inspiring coach and Jimmy Lee's ability to play football are the only things motivating him to return for his junior year of high school—until his visionary English teacher cuts him a break and preserves his eligibility for the coming football season. To thank her, Jimmy Lee writes a winning essay in the high school writing contest. When irate parents and the baffled administration claim he has cheated, his teacher is inspired to take his writing talent as far as it can go, showing him the path out of the hills of Appalachia. Terrific characterizations, surprising revelations, gut-wrenching past betrayals, and an unforgettable cast of characters born of the dusty, worn-out landscape of southeastern Ohio make The Essay a powerful, evocative, and incredibly moving novel.

Author : Rita Wendell
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-07
Category : Children of coal miners
ISBN : 1490324895

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Running Down Red Dog Road by Rita Wendell Pdf

Follow the author as she takes you on a personal journey disclosing a hard-scrabble life in the coal camps nestled in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia.

Author : Dom Lindars
Publisher : Nevada City History
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2023-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9798218131487

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The Ditches of Nevada City by Dom Lindars Pdf

This book tells the history of Nevada City, California, through the eyes of the men that built it. For its first 100 years, everything in Nevada City revolved around gold. But this is not another book about finding gold. To get gold, you needed water — to pan for it, to wash it in a sluice, to blast away a hillside with an immense water cannon, or to turn the water wheel of a quartz-ore stamp mill. This book instead asks: How did they get the water? It reveals the engineering marvels that brought water to Nevada City’s dry hills from tens of miles away. But what if all the water in every ravine, creek and valley around Nevada City was controlled by just three men? Well, for three decades, every miner, farmer or business could only buy water from the powerful South Yuba Canal Company. What would happen if you got into an argument with them? Or couldn’t afford to pay their water bill? Or even dared to compete with them? The book traces the ingenuity and hard work of the town’s miners and ditch builders, highlighting in detail the history and origins of various local neighborhoods, including Nevada City itself, Hirschman's Pond, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Deer Creek, Scotts Flat, Manzanita Diggings, Gold Flat and various mining camps along Washington Ridge. This vivid portrayal follows the area’s evolution from the chaos of thousands of miners scratching out a living in clusters of muddy tents to a genteel town with hotels, stores, banks, theaters and libraries. What began as a search to uncover a sprawling network of old ditches, turned into a collection of never-before-told stories of the gold miners, the ruthless and greedy ditch company, and the rivals that it crushed. The domineering ditch company later enabled the next generation of monopoly to provide electrical power. The story of PG&E also started in Nevada City. This, in turn, led to the now more forward-looking stewardship of the Nevada Irrigation District. The unique format of this book blends beautiful archival images with more than 35 in-depth biographies of key figures in Nevada City. This 884 page hardcover book includes over 600 photos and illustrations, including 200 historic photographs and 75 hand-crafted maps based on modern lidar technology that reveal the locations of the old mining ditches, flumes, mines and tunnels.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Alaska
ISBN : UCR:31210012663793

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Measures Related to Alaska Lands by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Public Lands Pdf

Author : Andrew Rebmann,Edward David
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-08-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 1420039636

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Cadaver Dog Handbook by Andrew Rebmann,Edward David Pdf

Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs, this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them, such as police, death investigators, and anthropologists. Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort. Cadaver Dog Handbook sets out the principles and procedures for the training and handling of dogs for the location of human remains. It explains scent theory and its applications, introduces basic training and searching strategies/tactics, and covers the legal and taphonomic issues associated with dog searches. Intended for those who train and handle cadaver dogs, this book also encompasses information for those who work closely with them, such as police, death investigators, and anthropologists. Its interdisciplinary approach is useful to any member of a forensic team who regularly participates in or evaluates the results of the human remains search effort.

Author : Lee Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101516485

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Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith Pdf

"A tour de force." LOS ANGELES TIMES Ivy Rowe may not have much education, but her thoughts are classic, and her experiences are fascinating. Born near the turn of the century in the Virginia Mountains, Ivy's story is told completely through letters she is forever writing, and that you will forever want to read.... "Few readers will be dry-eyed as they watch this extraordinary woman disappear around that last bend in the road." CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Author : Edward Abbey
Publisher : Holt Paperbacks
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466806290

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The Fool's Progress by Edward Abbey Pdf

The Fool's Progress, the "fat masterpiece" as Edward Abbey labeled it, is his most important piece of writing: it reveals the complete Ed Abbey, from the green grass of his memory as a child in Appalachia to his approaching death in Tuscon at age sixty two. When his third wife abandons him in Tucson, boozing, misanthropic anarchist Henry Holyoak Lightcap shoots his refrigerator and sets off in a battered pick-up truck for his ancestral home in West Virginia. Accompanied only by his dying dog and his memories, the irascible warhorse (a stand-in for the "real" Abbey) begins a bizarre cross-country odyssey--determined to make peace with his past--and to wage one last war against the ravages of "progress." "A profane, wildly funny, brash, overbearing, exquisite tour de force." -- The Chicago Tribune

Author : Georgia Ball
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338675160

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Clifford the Big Red Dog: The Movie Graphic Novel by Georgia Ball Pdf

The Big Red Dog is hitting the big screen! It's a race through NYC in this graphic novel based on the new live-action Clifford movie. Emily Elizabeth is struggling to fit in at home and in school when she meets Clifford, a tiny red puppy who is destined to become her best friend. But when Clifford undergoes a magical growth spurt overnight, he attracts the attention of a genetics company looking for a way to supersize animals. With the help of her Uncle Casey, the people in her neighborhood, and some new friends made along the way, Emily Elizabeth and Clifford have to go on the run across New York City! This graphic novel adaptation features original illustrations and exclusive new scenes and stories not seen in the movie.

Author : Edward Abbey
Publisher : Rosetta Books
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780795317453

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The Best of Edward Abbey by Edward Abbey Pdf

A mix of fiction and essays by the author described as “the Thoreau of the American West” (Larry McMurtry, The Washington Post). Edward Abbey himself compiled this volume representing some of his greatest work—including selections from such novels as The Monkey Wrench Gang, The Brave Cowboy, and Black Sun, as well as a number of expressive and acerbic essays. Renowned for inspiring modern environmentalists—though his interests ranged as widely as the landscapes he loved—Abbey offers an entertaining introduction to his writing, including excerpts from the autobiographical Desert Solitaire, in addition to his own sketches illustrating the text throughout.

Author : Patrick Lane
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0771046359

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Red Dog, Red Dog by Patrick Lane Pdf

An epic novel of unrequited dreams and forestalled lives, Red Dog, Red Dog is set in the mid-1950s, in a small town in the interior of B.C. in the unnamed Okanagan Valley. The novel focuses on the Stark family, centring on brothers Eddy and Tom, who are bound together by family loyalty and inarticulate love.

Author : Lillian (Sissy Crone) Frazer
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781504970792

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A Walk Through Minden by Lillian (Sissy Crone) Frazer Pdf

The writer follows the journey of her immigrant ancestors from their earliest beginnings in our great nation to their travels to the small coal mining camp of Minden nestled in the mountains of West Virginia. The story continues with the struggles of a coal mining family, the close-knit relationships with family and neighbors, and growing up as a coal camp kid. Life is difficult and poor in money but rich in what truly is important to the family---the love and heart-warming treasures that remain in their hearts.