Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

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‘Granny Dollar’: a poignant tale of passion, betrayal, theft, and death.

This book peels back the persona that Granny Dollar carefully constructed and protected to expose her true identity.

He immediately noticed, at the bottom of his stocking, a tell-tale bulge in the shape of a pocket knife. It was a pocket knife…of sorts.

These toys were played with and loved. Someone tried to repair them when they broke. Maybe the child played doctor and tried to mend them?

There is much to admire about Eleanor Vance and Charlotte Yale, the exceptional women who established their Tryon workshop in 1915.

To this day I have not seen the dolls again, and I won’t have any kind of doll in my house, and I never will.

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