1. THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE 3
THE LAND 3
THE PEOPLE 10
BLAZING THE TRAIL 16
THE MOUNTAINEER 40
2. LAND OF FEUDS AND STILLS 46
HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS 46
PEACEMAKER 55
TAKING SIDES 72
MARTIN-TOLLIVER TROUBLES 91
FAMILY HONOR 105
3. PRODUCTS OF THE SOIL 112
TIMBER 112
WOMAN'S WORK 117
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 161
NEW LIGHT 164
6. SUPERSTITION 168
BIG SANDY RIVER 168
WATER WITCH 169
MARRYING ON HORSEBACK 172
DEATH CROWN 177
A WHITE FEATHER 178
7. LEGEND 180
CROCKETT'S HOLLOW 180
THE SILVER TOMAHAWK 186
BLACK CAT 189
THE DEER WOMAN AND THE FAWN 194
GHOST OF DEVIL ANSE 199
THE WINKING CORPSE 203
THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN GABLES 205
8. SINGING ON THE MOUNTAIN SIDE 210
OF LAND AND RIVER 210
FEUD 216
LEGEND 218
TRAGEDY 228
PATRIOT 239
9. RECLAIMING THE WILDERNESS 248
VANISHING FEUDIST 248
SILVER MOON TAVERN 250
BLOOMING STILLS 255
LEARNING 258
MOUNTAIN MEN 269
COAL 273
PUBLIC WORKS 274
BACK TO THE FARM 283
VALLEY OF PARKS 301
WHEN SINGING COMES IN, FIGHTING GOES OUT 317
VANISHING TRAIL 327
INDEX 331
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