"In the late 1800's and early 1900's, the Cherokees still had a definite influence on the mountainous regions of North Carolina and Tennessee. After all, it hadn't been that many years since the Cherokees were removed to a reservation in Oklahoma known now as the "Trail of Tears." As a result of the mountain land that was vacated, the white settlers became interested in moving to that area. Such was the Coggins family. However, the move required a lot of serious consideration. There was only one road that crossed Cullowhee Mountain, North Carolina, and it was a dirt road impassable during the rainy season. Another problem was the school, which was located on a remote mountain top five or six miles from the nearest family. Wesley and Iva Lee Coggins got married and, in spite of all the hardships, selected this wild, unsettled region to build their first log house. They had no electricity, no water in the house, no car, and perhaps worst of all, no cleared land on which to grow crops. This book gives an account of the good times and the tough times encountered by the family as they raised five children."--Back cover
adult
Truman Coggins
