Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, (1998.) dj. SIGNED hardcover - A multigenerational saga set in West Virginia's Kanawha River Valley- the story of the author's growing up, of her grandmother Addie, and of all the complex influences on their lives: slave-holding, coal mines, racial tensions, wars with the Indians, the legacy of the Civil War, and love for the land. INSCRIBED by the author on the title page "for --- best wishes for Christmas, 1998." Photographs. 237 pp. ISBN: 1-57003-284x.