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The Heart of the Hills
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The Heart of the Hills Hardcover - 1996

by John Fox


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First published in 1913, The Heart of the Hills is the last novel completed by John Fox Jr. and the final piece in his mountain trilogy. This companion to The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come and The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is crucial to an understanding of Fox's views.

In The Heart of the Hills Fox revises his earlier thoughts about mountain people. He depicts more clearly than in his previous work just how they were exploited by outside industrialists-those men who, in the words of Fox's hero Jason Hawn, "got rich diggin' our coal an' cuttin' our timber." He also reveals the long-term impact of this exploitation on the environment. Having witnessed the ravages of clearcutting on his travels through the mountain country of Kentucky and Virginia in 1911-1912, Fox was all the more receptive to the warnings voiced by his environmentally conscious father. From their letters and diaries it is clear that John Fox Sr.'s influence permeates The Heart of the Hills; in this work, dedicated to his dying father, Fox determined to make amends to the mountain people.

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In The Heart of the Hills Fox revises his earlier thoughts about mountain people. He depicts more clearly than in his previous work just how they were exploited by outside industrialists - those men who, in the words of Fox's hero Jason Hawn, "got rich diggin' our coal an' cuttin' our timber". He also reveals the long-term impact of this exploitation on the environment. Having witnessed the ravages of clearcutting on his travels through the mountain country of Kentucky and Virginia in 1911-1912, Fox was all the more receptive to the warnings voiced by his environmentally conscious father. From their letters and diaries it is clear that John Fox Sr.'s influence permeates The Heart of the Hills; in this work, dedicated to his dying father, Fox determined to make amends to the mountain people.

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  • Title The Heart of the Hills
  • Author John Fox
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of Kentucky, Ky
  • Date 1996-11
  • ISBN 9780813119816 / 0813119812
  • Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.59 x 5.31 x 1.13 in (19.28 x 13.49 x 2.87 cm)
  • Themes
    • Geographic Orientation: Kentucky
  • Library of Congress subjects Bildungsromane, Environmental protection - Fiction
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 96029474
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Citations

  • Library Journal, 05/01/1997, Page 145

About the author

John Fox Jr. (1863--1919), author of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, and many other books, remains one of Kentucky best-known and most popular writers.

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