Depression Baby

Written by someone who has lived it, this first book by Ray B. Rogers brings home the unique culture of Western North Carolina during the Great Depression. From "Justifiable Homicide" (about chickens, naturally) to "The County Home," Ray tells it like it is, bringing the reader back to a time when folks worked harder, got along better, and lived closely with the environment.

Some of the stories from Depression Baby:

Nudity and Grand Theft on Richland Creek
The Hog Spoon
Every Boy Needed One
Sorghum 'Lasses
Copperheads and Mountain Medicine
Maggie's Daughter and the Quilt of Many Colors
The Necessary House
The Picture on the Wall
Hog Killing Day in the Mountains
The Circle Of Rice