First published in 1913, The Heart of the Hills is the last novel completed by John Fox Jr. and the final piece in his mountain trilogy. This companion to The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is crucial to an understanding of Fox's views. In The Heart of the Hills Fox revises his earlier thoughts about mountain people. He depicts more clearly than in his previous work just how they were exploited by outside industrialists-those men who, in the words of Fox's hero Jason Hawn, "got rich diggin' our coal an' cuttin' our timber." He also reveals the long-term impact of this exploitation on the environment. Having witnessed the ravages of clearcutting on his travels through the mountain country of Kentucky and Virginia in 1911-1912, Fox was all the more receptive to the warnings voiced by his environmentally conscious father. From their letters and diaries it is clear that John Fox Sr.'s influence permeates The Heart of the Hills ; in this work, dedicated to his dying father, Fox determined to make amends to the mountain people.
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Written in 1913, this was Fox's conclusion to his mountain trilogy (The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine) as well as his final book. It sports an environmentally conscious point of view, which was unusual for its time.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Welcome for readers interested in Kentucky authors and Appalachian literature. A very fine foreword by Darlene Wilson adds much to our understanding of Fox's impetus for writing this particular book at this particular time." -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
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Another trip deep into the heart of Kentucky,
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This review is from: The Heart of the Hills (Paperback)
The familiar characters and settings of Fox's previous works "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" and "Trail of the Lonesome Pine" come to life again in the third of his trilogy "The Heart of the Hills". While the plots and characters of all three seem to be quite similar, Heart of the Hills is a welcome return to the experience of the eastern Kentucky mountain people - yet a more bittersweet look into the difficulties of the time. Long sealed off from the advancing society around them, the culture of the mountain people was forever changed by the explosive coal revolution. Fox has preserved a sample of this disappearing people and made it possible for us to experience this innocent but harsh age. A welcome change from today's offering of continuous action, Fox will interest a wide variety of readers with his subtle mix of history, romance, and drama.
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