![]() I think the beauty of the state could have been captured morewhile telling of how beautiful the land was while looking at the view of the lonsome pine. In a waaay I feel that it was an insult to Kentuckians knoweledge even though it did portray June's remarkable learning rate when Hale helped her to attend school. Since the plot of the book was set in Kentucky June and her family along with the many nountaineers had our good ole country accent which also portrayed that they had not received very much education. ![]() A tall pine tree stood in solitary splendor on the top of a mountain in Kentucky and through its fame lured a young engineer to find it and leaad Hale on a trail of love which I felt was an overall wonderful plot for this book. The Trail of the Lonesome Pine proves to be an enchanting tale about love. All the while reading this, I thought of the parallel of today thinking that our culture, come hell or high water, is best for all. However, the once pure streams run black. Schools and stores and jails are built in the Gap. Speculators from as far away as England come to cash in. Meanwhile, coal has been discovered in the Cove. A young girl who has only known rude mountain life and morays meets and falls in love with an engineer from 'away' who is cultured, educated, well dressed, well spoken. This is an absolutely fascinating view of tribal tradition clashing with the rule of law and proper living as the civilized world sees it. ![]() The mountain people have their own culture and rules of clan justice and they are about to discover the culture of the so-called civilized world. Along the Kentucky/Virginia border 'civilization' is arriving. Maybe the setting and circumstance is why I've given this book a 5, but it is truly is a great story. One quiet evening, the moon rising, and loons calling, I find this old book, its spotted and yellowed pages almost falling out and begin to read it. I'm vacationing in a rustic cottage on a lake in Maine with my family.
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