Download or read book Voices of Our Mountain Kin written by Jerry Owen and published by Andborough Pub. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of Voices of Our Mountain Kin, continues with more of the legends, folk tales and memories of our heritage in the Blue Ridge, Balsam and Great Smoky Mountains that you enjoyed reading in the first volume. You'll experience the hardships of pioneer living and the struggle to survive and prosper in the early days of the Southern Appalachia. Family stories will lead you through clearing virgin forest and breaking ground for the first homesteads, impacts of the Civil War, mountain medicines, midwives and healing, to more recent, modern times.