Little Sam Mountain follows the life of John Dowdy as he grows up in the mountains of Western North Carolina during the Great Depression. The novel follows Dowdy as he leaves his sweetheart Sarah and his family to go to Europe to fight the enemy. When he returns after the war and sees the dramatic changes that have occurred, he is forced to reassess his plans for a life on Little Sam Mountain.
Little Sam Mountain follows the life of John Dowdy as he grows up in the mountains of Western North Carolina during the Great Depression. The novel fo...
As you read the stories in this book, take into account that the writer does not consider himself an author or a writer. He does think that he is a "storyteller" as were most all of the people who lived in the mountains of Western North Carolina before, during, and after the Great Depression of the 1930s. The younger generation who came along after WW II were not exposed to these storytellers and have no idea of what life was like during what we old-timers like to call "the good old days."I tell these stories to make the younger generation of today aware of the hardships we older people faced...
As you read the stories in this book, take into account that the writer does not consider himself an author or a writer. He does think that he is a "s...
There were many boys and girls like John Dowdy and Sarah Smith who lived in the hollows and mountains of Western North Carolina. Little Sam Mountain was one of those places.This is the story of John and Sarah and their experiences during and after the great depression and WW-2.
There were many boys and girls like John Dowdy and Sarah Smith who lived in the hollows and mountains of Western North Carolina. Little Sam Mountain w...