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Earl Davis was born in Kentucky in the early 20th century. It was his dream to have his memoir published, and now his daughter, Sarah Davis, makes it a reality. Earl was known for entertaining his young family with stories about his birthplace, and Sarah watched him write night after night as he recuperated from a brutal assault sustained walking home from a school meeting in San Francisco. With an artful eye, Earl Davis sees past some grim realities to the beauty in the world around him as he revisits his childhood in coal-producing Kentucky, his adolescence riding the burgeoning railway system, and what he found on the other side of that country mountain.
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Rock Candy Mountain
A Memoir
by Earl Davis

Overview


This memoir is written from a child's point of view.  It's fresh and adventurous much like Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer." My father captures the beauty of a world, virtually untouched, until the coal mines and timber companies move into this pristine area. From the beginning, he's on one adventure after another in this world. He takes you on an emotional ride when he decides to leave Kentucky by hopping on trains to find what's on the other side of the mountain. Without food or money, he makes his way trying to get to Texas to become a cowboy. He does odd jobs, including joining a circus, but he needs to keep moving, taking your heart and imagination with him. It is a poignant look back at a much beloved childhood with all its beauty but without excluding very harsh realities and the many tragedies of that time.  The end of the adventure finds him back in the world he left, older and much wiser, than when he thought the grass was greener on the other side.


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Growing up in the mountain hills of Eastern Kentucky in the early 1900s, Earl Davis' childhood was spent exploring his beautiful surroundings while thirsting for more knowledge of the industries that steadily encroached upon them. When he turned thirteen and set out to forge his own path, headed to Texas to become a cowboy but with no real plan or knowledge on how to do it, the missteps he took and the misadventures he had paved the way for this poignant and sparkling memoir. A mischevious nature, the innocence of childhood, adventures on the western railroads and, ultimately, redemption combine to form an endearing tale of one man's coming-of-age in the early 20th century and how he learned that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
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Overview


This memoir is written from a child's point of view.  It's fresh and adventurous much like Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer." My father captures the beauty of a world, virtually untouched, until the coal mines and timber companies move into this pristine area. From the beginning, he's on one adventure after another in this world. He takes you on an emotional ride when he decides to leave Kentucky by hopping on trains to find what's on the other side of the mountain. Without food or money, he makes his way trying to get to Texas to become a cowboy. He does odd jobs, including joining a circus, but he needs to keep moving, taking your heart and imagination with him. It is a poignant look back at a much beloved childhood with all its beauty but without excluding very harsh realities and the many tragedies of that time.  The end of the adventure finds him back in the world he left, older and much wiser, than when he thought the grass was greener on the other side.


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Description


Growing up in the mountain hills of Eastern Kentucky in the early 1900s, Earl Davis' childhood was spent exploring his beautiful surroundings while thirsting for more knowledge of the industries that steadily encroached upon them. When he turned thirteen and set out to forge his own path, headed to Texas to become a cowboy but with no real plan or knowledge on how to do it, the missteps he took and the misadventures he had paved the way for this poignant and sparkling memoir. A mischevious nature, the innocence of childhood, adventures on the western railroads and, ultimately, redemption combine to form an endearing tale of one man's coming-of-age in the early 20th century and how he learned that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

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Book details

Genre:BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Subgenre:Personal Memoirs

Language:English

Pages:196

eBook ISBN:9781543924473

Paperback ISBN:9781543924466


Overview


This memoir is written from a child's point of view.  It's fresh and adventurous much like Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer." My father captures the beauty of a world, virtually untouched, until the coal mines and timber companies move into this pristine area. From the beginning, he's on one adventure after another in this world. He takes you on an emotional ride when he decides to leave Kentucky by hopping on trains to find what's on the other side of the mountain. Without food or money, he makes his way trying to get to Texas to become a cowboy. He does odd jobs, including joining a circus, but he needs to keep moving, taking your heart and imagination with him. It is a poignant look back at a much beloved childhood with all its beauty but without excluding very harsh realities and the many tragedies of that time.  The end of the adventure finds him back in the world he left, older and much wiser, than when he thought the grass was greener on the other side.


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Description


Growing up in the mountain hills of Eastern Kentucky in the early 1900s, Earl Davis' childhood was spent exploring his beautiful surroundings while thirsting for more knowledge of the industries that steadily encroached upon them. When he turned thirteen and set out to forge his own path, headed to Texas to become a cowboy but with no real plan or knowledge on how to do it, the missteps he took and the misadventures he had paved the way for this poignant and sparkling memoir. A mischevious nature, the innocence of childhood, adventures on the western railroads and, ultimately, redemption combine to form an endearing tale of one man's coming-of-age in the early 20th century and how he learned that the grass isn't always greener on the other side.

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About the author


Earl Davis was born in Kentucky in the early 20th century. It was his dream to have his memoir published, and now his daughter, Sarah Davis, makes it a reality. Earl was known for entertaining his young family with stories about his birthplace, and Sarah watched him write night after night as he recuperated from a brutal assault sustained walking home from a school meeting in San Francisco. With an artful eye, Earl Davis sees past some grim realities to the beauty in the world around him as he revisits his childhood in coal-producing Kentucky, his adolescence riding the burgeoning railway system, and what he found on the other side of that country mountain.

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