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This 3 page report discusses Slone's book about the mountain people of Knott County, Kentucky, where her family has lived since 1790. Her intent was to dispel the myths and half-truths that exist about the people and the area. Bibliography lists only the primary source.
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File: D0_BWverna.rtf
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"God knew that it would take brave and sturdy people to survive in these beautiful but rugged hills. So He sent us His very strongest men and women." The reader
immediately understands that the author has a faith in God and that the story she is about to tell will be about the remarkable people are "brave and sturdy" enough
to survive her particular region of Kentucky. She also writes that she wrote the book to honor her father and did not want his memory to die. However, she explains
that he was "only one of many mountain people." Throughout the book her love for the mountain people and her awareness of their unique character and strength is presented in
simple, straightforward prose that echoes what she is saying about those people. What My Heart Wants to Tell was originally published in
1979 and then re-released in 1987. In interviews and other background information she always makes it clear that she wrote the book in order to clear up the many misconceptions
and half-truths that have been written about the Kentucky mountain people. She also explains that she wanted subsequent generations to understand something about a life now gone. A Remarkable Family
and Its History If there is any hesitancy about reading what is an unashamedly a family history, only a few pages will pull
the reader into the world of Caney Creek in Knott County, and Verna Mae and her father, Isom B. "Kitteneye" Slone. She opens with the story of a woman named
Frankie alone with her seven-year old son in a cabin in the mountains in February of 1863. A wild wind is blowing outside the cabin walls but since the cabin
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