Red Lines by Cherian George

Red Lines by Cherian George

A collection of stories about what life was really like growing up on a working farm in rural West Virginia in the early 1900's. For young Nellie Wister, life was rich and meaningful among the people of Chinkapin Creek, a small Appalachian community, stirred by changing times, but held together by a distinct West Virginia spirit that rural Americans will recognize today. Tales of Chinkapin Creek illuminates an aspect of the American character rarely explored: the attitudes and temperament of a state with a burr under its saddle. Broken off from Virginia in the Civil War, West Virginians occupied the neglected counties west of the Shenandoah mountain. Their largely Scots-Irish and German Heritage made them a self-sufficient, often stubborn and unpredictable people. For Nellie, each denizen commands a special place in her open heart. These include the morose Uncle Edward; the seemingly erudite Levi Harman; the turtle-toting Wilse Strickland; the feeble minded Bean Kimball; the sequestered, speech-impaired Millie Flood; Nellie's suitor, the tippling Dr. John Echols; the pushy fertilizer salesman Ben Moomaw, and other intriguing real-life characters.

Sonny Liew is a Malaysian who now resides in Singapore. For a variety of comic and game publishers, he has worked on comics, computer games, and artwork. In the critically acclaimed Flight series, he was a featured illustrator.

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ISBN 13	9780262543019
ISBN 10	026254301X
Title	Red Lines
Author	Cherian George
Series	Information Policy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	MIT Press Ltd
Year published	2021-08-31
Number of pages	440
Prizes	Short-listed for PROSE Award - Art History & Criticism 2022
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.