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Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What?

Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What? Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What? James Baker Hall Appalachian Heritage, Volume 33, Number 3, Summer 2005, pp. 16-18 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2005.0105 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/434657/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 19:34 GMT from JHU Libraries FEATURED AUTHOR—GURNEY NORMAN Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What?______________________ James Baker Hall There he is in the lookout on top of the mountain! Binoculars, books, a typewriter; and a tape recorder. Surrounding him on the walls are envelopes, thousands of envelopes, one for each day he's lived. When he recollects he writes his recollection down and puts it in its proper place. He might be the only man alive who remembers that day in 1944 when Max Terhune and his talking dummy performed in the ballpark in Pennington Gap, Virginia. Gurney's frail father left early on a Greyhound for the VA hospital, his belongings in a paper sack. Gurney's mother, hiding behind doors, was unhinged. His paranoid uncle kept him up at night with a gun. His granny bought a souped-up Chevy with Grandad's cataract money. Listen http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What?

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Appalachian Review , Volume 33 (3) – Jan 8, 2014
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Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What? James Baker Hall Appalachian Heritage, Volume 33, Number 3, Summer 2005, pp. 16-18 (Article) Published by The University of North Carolina Press DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/aph.2005.0105 For additional information about this article https://muse.jhu.edu/article/434657/summary Access provided at 19 Feb 2020 19:34 GMT from JHU Libraries FEATURED AUTHOR—GURNEY NORMAN Gurney Norman, Kentucky Coal Field Orphan, Is Gurney Stronger Than History, or What?______________________ James Baker Hall There he is in the lookout on top of the mountain! Binoculars, books, a typewriter; and a tape recorder. Surrounding him on the walls are envelopes, thousands of envelopes, one for each day he's lived. When he recollects he writes his recollection down and puts it in its proper place. He might be the only man alive who remembers that day in 1944 when Max Terhune and his talking dummy performed in the ballpark in Pennington Gap, Virginia. Gurney's frail father left early on a Greyhound for the VA hospital, his belongings in a paper sack. Gurney's mother, hiding behind doors, was unhinged. His paranoid uncle kept him up at night with a gun. His granny bought a souped-up Chevy with Grandad's cataract money. Listen

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