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Back in the early 50’s when Western Carolina University was still Western Carolina Teachers College, I got a crush on a feisty little coed named Hedy West during my sophomore year. Hedy played a banjo and sang exhilarating songs about dying miners and terrible injustices visited on people who worked in cotton mills. I followed her about like a devoted puppy and although she nev Read more of this blog post »

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	Papa's Angels: A Christmas Story by Collin Wilcox Paxton, Gary Carden (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mason Jars in the Flood and Other Stories 4.15 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Belled Buzzards, Hucksters & Grieving Spectres: Strange & True Tales of the Appalachian Mountains by Gary Carden (Goodreads Author), Nina Anderson 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories I Lived to Tell: An Appalachian Memoir by Gary Carden (Goodreads Author), Neal Hutcheson (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Appalachian Bestiary by Gary Carden (Goodreads Author), Mandy Newham-Cobb (Goodreads Author) (illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays, and Poems by Nancy Simpson Levene, Bettie Sellers, Gary Carden (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The raindrop waltz, and other plays 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From the Brothers Grimm: A Contemporary Retelling of American Folktales and Classic Stories by Tom Davenport, Gary Carden (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1992	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stories I Lived to Tell: An Appalachian Memoir by Gary Carden (Goodreads Author), Neal Hutcheson (Goodreads Author) (editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La Cuadra Quarterly, January - March 2015: Written by Monkeys, Published by Fools (La Cuadra Magazine Book 11) by Michael Tallon, Jeff Abbott (Goodreads Author), Gary Carden (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“When things are going badly, when you feel trapped between sword and sea, when you’re under assault, acknowledge the devil—but keep your eyes on Christ. He will see you through. He will make a way.”
― Robert Morgan, The Red Sea Rules: 10 God-Given Strategies for Difficult Times

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“There is a smell that lung sickness gives people. It’s the smell of blood and congestion and fever. It’s the smell of blood mixed with air that hangs over a bed and fills a sickroom. It’s the smell of old blood, and blood that is fresh and already old. It’s the smell of a festering wound.”
― Robert Morgan, Gap Creek

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