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Response from our readers:
(with our thanks)
"Yes, I have already read two thirds of the new book. I pronounce it outstanding in all respects. You must have no tails left, you worked them off. You ferreted out an amazing lot of fascinating information."
"I was up late last night and made it to chapter 4. For those of us who have come to love the community, it is a great read."
"Well you’ve managed now to eat up my day. I am on page 206. I can’t put the damn thing down."
"I really enjoyed meeting you yesterday. My Dad has thoroughly enjoyed your book thus far."
"Congratulations! I just finished reading your book. Once I started, I couldn’t put it down. . . . I couldn’t wait to turn the page and discover so much I never knew. Thank you for spending three years of your lives to create this mountain masterpiece. It is truly appreciated!"
"Your book, A Treasure in the Appalachian Sky, has knocked my socks off! . . . The book is an exciting, suspenseful read. It is peopled with many characters you authors never met, yet it conveys your affection for them and your compassion for their conflicts and struggles."
"More than a narrative, the book is also a scholarly reference source. Extensive footnotes at the end of each chapter verify every piece of information, confirming a tedious undertaking, but the mind-boggling pages for the reader are the meticulously prepared appendices which make your book a veritable Wolf Laurel encyclopedia."
"The following analogy intruded my thinking: The both of you are ensnared in a gigantic mass of tangled yarn -- many skeins of it, each a different color. You succeed in finding one end of one skein whereupon the disentangling, spinning, and weaving begin. TWO years you are at this business until, one day, in August 2021, you reach the end. You have completed spinning the yarn! (Pun intended)"
"I have finished your wonderful book and wanted to convey my compliments on a suburb job! The details are dense but never tedious, and the style continues to emphasize the personal side of an extended series of business transactions. . . So, so well done!! I know this was a labor of love, but even those can be amazingly laborious, and it was a joy to read."
"I think your book is outstanding!! The detail is incredible and the writing style is very read-friendly. I wish this much community history had been available when I was there."
"I thought I knew most anything I really needed to know, but the book certainly put that thought into perspective. Very well done, indeed!"
"This book is a priceless treasure! A masterpiece."
Let us know what you think of the book.