"Little
Shepherd Trail, part of setting for: LITTLE SHEPHERD OF KINGDOM
COME, HELL FOR SARTAIN, TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE, by John Fox, Jr.,
famous
for eleven novels of Ky. mountains and the bluegrass, written 1893 to
1919.
Born Paris, Ky., 1863. Harvard, 1885. Spanish-American War, 1898.
Moved
to Big Stone Gap, Va., 1886, had mining business. Died in 1919."
Brian D. McKnight
Department of History and Philosophy
The University of Virginia's College at Wise
Book Review Editor, H-Appalachia
Editorial Comment: Brian and Pam McKnight have made
many contributions to The Signs of History®
project. Through their contributions,
visitors to this project learn much about the history of eastern
Kentucky, western Virginia, and early America.
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