Project Gutenberg 2004-02-01 Public domain in the USA. 39 Fox, John, Jr. 1862 1919 Fox, John Fox, John William, Jr. The Heart of the Hills Reading ease score: 73.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Heart of the Hills" by John Fox, Jr. is a novel written during the early 20th century. Set in the mountains of Kentucky, the narrative explores themes of family feuds, love, and the impact of change on traditional rural life. The story revolves around young Jason Hawn and his cousin Mavis Honeycutt, as they navigate the complexities of their family’s contentious history and their own budding relationship against a backdrop of societal transformation. At the start of the novel, we are introduced to the serene but tense world of the Hawn and Honeycutt families, whose longstanding feud shapes the lives of the children. Jason, portrayed as a determined and prideful boy, struggles with his identity as he grapples with the rivalry that dictates his and Mavis’s existence. A seemingly innocent day of fishing leads to revelations about their families' painful past, courtship dynamics, and external threats from outsiders seeking to exploit the land's resources. Their playful adventures soon intertwine with the harsh realities of their conflict-ridden heritage, setting the stage for a story filled with emotional depth and moral dilemmas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bildungsromans Kentucky -- Fiction Mountain life -- Fiction Cumberland Mountains -- Fiction Environmental protection -- Fiction PS Text Bestsellers, American, 1895-1923 Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Travel & Geography Browsing: Fiction 570152 570047 2024-10-03T04:08:42.137147 2023-10-03T04:38:52.735974 text/html text/html 570145 570040 2024-10-03T04:08:42.426126 2023-10-03T04:38:52.939898 text/html text/html 269220 2024-10-03T04:08:50.367116 application/epub+zip 277534 2024-10-03T04:08:44.394192 application/epub+zip 277534 2024-10-03T04:08:43.162153 application/epub+zip 494925 2024-10-03T04:08:55.303100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451516 2024-10-03T04:08:49.594114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 411402 2022-09-03T06:06:01.525591 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 528333 528279 2024-10-03T04:08:41.672156 2023-10-03T04:38:52.312919 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 528154 2013-05-27T19:22:54 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 199237 2013-05-27T19:24:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20295 2024-10-03T04:08:55.433072 application/rdf+xml 12216 2024-10-03T04:08:43.703120 image/jpeg 3613 2024-10-03T04:08:43.433202 image/jpeg 263766 2024-10-03T04:08:42.474141 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia