“Kentucky as a whole has lagged behind the rest of the nation in almost every field of government and public service, primarily because the fiercely independent and uncooperative mentality of the frontier hunter-farmer has remained so deeply and tenaciously embedded… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
“However, it is doubtless true that in a vague way some of these poorer mountaineers, fiercely independent as they were, found something abhorrent in… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
“Here the mountains were like the walls of a great jail which shut in the combatants. After Appomattox it was as though mortal enemies… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
“What I have written is drawn from experience — from seeing, hearing and working with mountaineers. In a land with few books and pens… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
“The tragedy of Central Appalachia is that it is becoming more marginalized in American life just when the country needs more than ever what… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
“Kentucky as a whole has lagged behind the rest of the nation in almost every field of government and public service, primarily because the… — Harry M. Caudill Copy Share Image
