Author: Janice Holt Giles
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 9780813101859
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"The story of Hod Pierce, a young man who grows up on Piney Ridge, where generations of Pierces have made a living from the stubborn soil. Hod loves his people and the land but longs for wider horizons, for more education, and for the freedom his imagines can be found in the outside world. It takes World War II to carry Hod away from the Ridge and out into the owrld, and it takes his city-bred wife to make Hod realize that Piney Ridge will always be home"--Back cover.