Spirits in the Field -- An Appalachian Family History
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.75 (887 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1893239195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-05-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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-- Appalachian News-Express. a profound history of Eastern Kentucky . a book that that everyone in Eastern Kentucky should read
When highway US-460 is rebuilt through the old family cemetery the author discovers or uncovers his family history as preparations are made to move his ancestor's graves.
Flawed, but good. Sarah Spirits in the Field by Bruce Hopkins is an interesting text. It is invaluable as a genealogical text for Hopkins family history buffs, and useful as a tool for understanding Pike County, and thereby all Eastern Kentucky, regional history.Particularly apt are Mr. Hopkins' observations about the effect of the Civil War on the region. He does a terrific job explaining, in a non-polemical manner, the devastating effect the war had on ordinary people of Pike. Some of his prose is haunting. Particularly memorable is h. "Relevant, erudite, and plainspoken by a native Appalachian." according to Robert M. Baker. Bruce Hopkins has sensitively and intelligently presented an issue not often broached in effective terms by so many other scholars - that of the "rape" of the Appalachian mountains for their mineral and timber resources by outsiders and the effect those industries have had on the native inhabitants. However, Bruce has chosen to approach it from a very different point-of-view. Rather than pen another unread socio-economic treatise designed to gain another insignificant author a master's or doctoral degree or anoth. family history A Customer I never thought I'd be interested in reading a family history. But this book is much more. When Mr. Hopkins discovered that the state was going to build a highway through Greasy Creek and his family cemetery without even bothering to identify the graves they were moving, he was incensed. He immediately began what became a six-year struggle with the state highway department to get the graves properly identified and moved with the respect they deserved. In the process, Hopkins discovered or re-discovered a rich fam