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It could mean many things, according to the wealth of myth surrounding this night flyer. The note of the whippoorwill borne over the fields is the voice with which the woods and moonlight woo me. –Henry David Thoreau (1817–62), American Writer Summer is sliding past. School has started here in my county. Much earlier than it used to when I …
I was so happy that I got to go back to the Appalachian Mountains for another story about the Frontier Nursing Service after I wrote These Healing Hills a few years ago. I liked writing about a Frontier Nursing midwife the way I did in that story, but I wanted to share more of the Frontier Nurses Service history. The nurse …
“The Book Woman is coming!” One of the things I really liked when I was researching for my book, Along a Storied Trail, was how I kept coming across stories of how much the mountain people loved the packhorse librarians they called the book women. For many of them the packhorse libraries were their first experience with libraries since their communities didn’t …
Two of my books, These Healing Hills and An Appalachian Summer have Frontier Nursing Service history. Mary Breckinridge established this service in Leslie County, Kentucky in the 1920’s with a vision of bringing better healthcare to mothers and children. Mrs. Breckinridge had a heart for children and she put feet to her dreams and made a difference in the lives of many of the …
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Bibliophile – a person who has a great appreciation for or collects books. Are you a bibliophile? I guess I could say I am since I do love books and have collected a few over the years. Have even written my share. When I think about all the words that have flowed through my fingers onto paper or a typewriter …
A couple of weeks ago I sent out a newsletter to celebrate the release of my novel An Appalachian Summer. I hope if you got the newsletter, you enjoyed reading it. If you didn’t get it, you can sign up to be sure not to miss the next one here on the form in the margin of my website. I’d be …
Only ten days until release day for my new mountain story, An Appalachian Summer. A new book being out for readers is always an exciting time. Seems many of my books have had a summer release date. Just in time for some sweet afternoons reading in the porch swing or maybe in a reclining chair on a beach somewhere. You can …
ATTENTION! NURSE GRADUATES WITH A SENSE OF ADVENTURE! YOUR OWN HORSE, YOUR OWN DOG, AND A THOUSAND MILES OF KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS TO SERVE. JOIN MY NURSES BRIGADE AND HELP SAVE CHILDREN’S LIVES. WRITE TO: M. BRECKINRIDGE, HYDEN, KENTUCKY USA Even though this was an advertisement the Frontier Nursing Service put in London newspapers and the Glasgow Times in Scotland to …
“Where the land is rough and steep, nature is not easily conquered even after wild beasts and wilder men have been subdued. …a dogged determination to survive keeps a mountaineer’s body lean and his mind alert. His dwelling place in awesome regions tends to give him dignity of manner …accentuated by his sparse use of words.” (Mary Breckinridge describing the …