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I'd Sharpen Your Ax

I'd Sharpen Your Ax I'd Sharpen Your Ax Artie Ann Bates Appalachian Heritage, Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 1993, pp. 26-30 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1993.0031 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436495/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:59 GMT from JHU Libraries I'd Sharpen Your Ax Artie Ann Bates In Harry Caudill's Appalachian history class at the University of Ken- tucky in 1980, he asked what I would do if I, like Daniel Boone, faced the wilderness of Cumberland Gap. "I'd charge on to blaze a trail," I said. In his Eastern Kentucky baritone he quickly replied, "And I'd sharpen your ax for you." This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry Caudill's first landmark book. It came out in 1963 and was read internationally, putting pressure on President John F. Kennedy and the United States government to do something about the plight of Southern Appalachia. A mountain boy with an eagle's eye for vermin, Harry showed the world the real reasons for Appalachia's poverty. The book ignited a reaction to oppression and tragedy within the affluence of America, and as Vice-President Lyndon Johnson became president, the War on Poverty http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

I'd Sharpen Your Ax

Appalachian Review , Volume 21 (2) – Jan 8, 2014

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I'd Sharpen Your Ax Artie Ann Bates Appalachian Heritage, Volume 21, Number 2, Spring 1993, pp. 26-30 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.1993.0031 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/436495/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 20:59 GMT from JHU Libraries I'd Sharpen Your Ax Artie Ann Bates In Harry Caudill's Appalachian history class at the University of Ken- tucky in 1980, he asked what I would do if I, like Daniel Boone, faced the wilderness of Cumberland Gap. "I'd charge on to blaze a trail," I said. In his Eastern Kentucky baritone he quickly replied, "And I'd sharpen your ax for you." This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of Night Comes to the Cumberlands, Harry Caudill's first landmark book. It came out in 1963 and was read internationally, putting pressure on President John F. Kennedy and the United States government to do something about the plight of Southern Appalachia. A mountain boy with an eagle's eye for vermin, Harry showed the world the real reasons for Appalachia's poverty. The book ignited a reaction to oppression and tragedy within the affluence of America, and as Vice-President Lyndon Johnson became president, the War on Poverty

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