Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
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| Rating | : | 4.41 (944 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0310344964 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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She is a member of West Virginia Writers, Salon Quatre, and The Writer’s Garret. A longtime resident of Dallas, she lives with her husband and a neurotic cat that takes after her. Her tales of hobnobbing with gypsies, moonshiners, snake handlers, hobos, and faith healers, are published in numerous online and print journals. Her husband is mostly normal.. Drema Hall Berkheimer was born in a coal camp in Appalachia, the child of a West Virginia coal miner who was killed in the mi
What follows is a spitfire of a memoir that reads like a novel with intrigue, sweeping emotion, and indisputable charm. The heat turned it rose and orange and lavender. But I do.” Gypsies, faith-healers, moonshiners, and snake handlers weave through Drema’s childhood in 1940s Appalachia after her father is killed in the coal mines, her mother goes off to work as a Rosie the Riveter, and she is left in the care of devout Pentecostal grandparents. Drema’s coming of age is colored by tent revivals with Grandpa, poetry-writing hobos, and traveling carnivals, and through it all, she serves witness to a multi-generational family o
Burgin) Islands of the Damned)Drema Hall Berkheimer is a pure storyteller, one of the most wonder- fully gifted I’ve ever read. Gropp, member, International Team of Editors of the Dead Sea Scrolls; Academic Dean, Redeemer Seminary)A sweet, whimsical, and often touching account of the author’s childhood during a kinder, gentler era. Douglas M. (Dr. (Fawn Germer, International Speaker and Oprah-featured bestselling author)Time and again I have been carried away by these stories, by the observations of a very shrewd little girl of her elders, both wise and the foolish. Berkheimer layers into a perceptive child narrator an understated love of her family, a sassy streak that dodges consequences, and a precocious questioning of the society that surrounds her. It triggered great
"This book warmed my heart with its love, laughter, and poignance" according to J. Eppinette. The glimpse of an Appalachian life so far removed from most modern American life is painted in vivid, captivating color. As the pages turn, I find myself running along with the author on the rainbow hued red dog slate, having dinner-on-the-grounds, sneaking around moonshiners, and dancing with the gypsies. I also find a. West Virginia Culture and History through the eyes of a child I grew up near Beckley in a coal camp., the daughter of a coal miner and a teacher. Although I was born a quarter of a century after Drema, I find our experiences with religion, language, disability, and the belief that life is good and we are to make it better are very similar. When I sit to rest as the Cales and Halls. Bravo! From the first sentence, I heard Drema’s voice, telling the story family gone before her begged to be told for so long. You cannot help but say, “Just one more page before I go to bed, just one more,” until there are no more…then you wish there was. Thank you for sharing and making me yearn for