My Old True Love
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The following books and writers provided me with invaluable information on the political climate during this period in western North Carolina’s history: The Heart of Confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina in the Civil War by John C. Inscoe and Gordon B. McKinney; Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains by William R. Trotter; Kirk’s Raiders: A Notorious Band of Scoundrels and Thieves by Matthew Bumgarner;The Papers of Zebulon Baird Vance edited by Frontis W. Johnston; Mason Jars in the Flood and Other Stories by Gary Carden.
I so wish these people were still here to read the book since it was from their recollections that I got the bones on which I hung the meat: Ervin and Neple Adams, Wayne Adams, Myrtle Ray, Fannie Leake, Jean Adams Sizemore, Bob and Emily Norton, Andrew and Mirlie Adams, and Father Andrew Graves. As Mama and Daddy so often said, “Family really is the most important thing in this world . . .”
For all those I have not mentioned I can only say this—you are of my heart, my family, my culture, and I love you—thank you for allowing me to be a part of your lives. And I have to give special thanks and a world of respect to all my Elderhostelers for their great wisdom and humor, and for teaching me the valuable lesson that no matter where we come from, we are all family in our hearts.
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