All-too-often, seemingly buried in the myriad dates and statistics of history, lies the human experience that should do more to make up that history in the first place. These eyewitness accounts and anecdotes seem to speak to us, across the ages, in ways that numbers do not (something historians might want to pick up on, if they want a revived interest in history). We’re able to connect with a person or people from the long past by putting ourselves in their shoes for a moment as we read of their experiences. In an age where “social” media and electronics have relegated family ties and oral tradition to the “back burner,” where can we turn? Can we manage a “resurrection” of sorts, of that campfire tradition that bound families together for generations? For those either living in, or having connections to, the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas (and really any interested party) the answer lies, in part, with the writings of S.C. Turnbo.
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