Running Down Red Dog Road

by Rita Wendell

Follow the author as she takes you on a personal journey disclosing a hard-scrabble life in the coal camps nestled in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia.

104 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 6, 2013

Reviews

[Becky · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was written by a high school classmate and many of her memories are also mine. Her life was much more difficult but the games and places she mentions, I remember well. And yes, I knew what red dog was - the end of the block I lived on had a red dog road running off of it. I enjoyed the trip down memory lane...red dog or otherwise.

[Beverly E. Boxley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I must be about the same age as the author. I recall so many things she mentioned such as the rollerskates with the key hanging around our neck. The need to walk

I must be about the same age as the author because her time frame on recall corresponds with mine. Being poor had its drawbacks but it also had the tendency to instill good values in a person and to be more appreciative when you did acquire things. I could relate to so much.

[Bridget Holbert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

Loved the way this book was written. Learned a lot of the old cures used to treat burns, sickness etc. nicely detailed account of a young girl growing up in Appalachia

[Patricia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Can see the red dust flying

Ms Wendell does a great job..Giving a look at the Good..the Bad and the Ugly..Things that we all can relate too!

[Betty · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gritty telling of a personal experience growing up in Appalachia in a dysfunctional family. Gives a good picture of the place and time.

[Beverly Rohling · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good

Good book good read good memories good good good good. I intensely dislike having too type a certain number of
Words. I can say what I need in four words or less

[Katie A. Kathmann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh

It is a nice story but it needed to be fleshed out more. Not enough detail. Interesting in a country kind of way.

[Polly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm sorry it took her 6 years to write this book but I'm glad she did. I like having insight as to how other people live in other parts of the country. Thank you.

[REX ROYER · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good read

[joanna beach · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet read

Interesting life story, many memories shared. I enjoyed the first person telling of her childhood. There were not any curse words, thankfully.

[Fern Boyle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked it a lot!

[Trena · Rating 3 out of 5]

This brought back a lot of memories for me and my time growing up in Kentucky. Some of the expressions I hadn't heard in a long time (flat as a flitter).

[Cmonroe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Unable to put this one down

I started reading this wonderful book and could not stop until I had finished. I felt like I was living next door to the author the entire time. Great read!!

[Deborah Lane · Rating 5 out of 5]

Walk down memory lane.

Familiar people , familiar setting. Like reading a diary of someone known. Vignettes authentic and real, or th life in hardscrabble times in Appalachian mountains.