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Mildred Haun: A Haunting Life Story

Mildred Haun: A Haunting Life Story featured author Viki Dasher Rouse Mildred Haun was born on January 6 , “Old Christmas,” in 1911 in Hamblen County in East Tennessee and grew up in a rural area near the Cocke County line and was buried in 1966 in Hamblen County. In contrast, most of the women who had previously written about East Tennessee mountaineers, including Emma Bell Miles, Mary Noailles Murfree, and Will Allen Dromgoole, were not native mem- bers of that culture. Mildred Haun’s father, a farmer, died when Haun was eleven years old, and the family, no doubt, struggled financially. She had two older brothers who, along with Mildred and their mother, whose maiden name was also Haun, kept the farm operating. Having dropped out of school at age ten, Mildred, or “Millie,” as she was known by her fam- ily, went to live with her aunt and uncle in Franklin, Tennessee, where she enrolled in high school at the age of sixteen. It was at this point that Haun’s Appalachian background converged with the education that would provide her with the necessary tools to write about life in the mountains of East Tennessee. She entered Vanderbilt University in 1391 with the intention of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Appalachian Review University of North Carolina Press

Mildred Haun: A Haunting Life Story

Rouse, Viki Dasher.
Appalachian Review , Volume 36 (2) – May 9, 2008
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University of North Carolina Press
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Copyright © 2008 Berea College.
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1940-5081

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featured author Viki Dasher Rouse Mildred Haun was born on January 6 , “Old Christmas,” in 1911 in Hamblen County in East Tennessee and grew up in a rural area near the Cocke County line and was buried in 1966 in Hamblen County. In contrast, most of the women who had previously written about East Tennessee mountaineers, including Emma Bell Miles, Mary Noailles Murfree, and Will Allen Dromgoole, were not native mem- bers of that culture. Mildred Haun’s father, a farmer, died when Haun was eleven years old, and the family, no doubt, struggled financially. She had two older brothers who, along with Mildred and their mother, whose maiden name was also Haun, kept the farm operating. Having dropped out of school at age ten, Mildred, or “Millie,” as she was known by her fam- ily, went to live with her aunt and uncle in Franklin, Tennessee, where she enrolled in high school at the age of sixteen. It was at this point that Haun’s Appalachian background converged with the education that would provide her with the necessary tools to write about life in the mountains of East Tennessee. She entered Vanderbilt University in 1391 with the intention of

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Appalachian Review – University of North Carolina Press

Published: May 9, 2008

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