Trail of the Lonesome Pine - John Fox, Jr. Collection

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The John Fox, Jr. EBook Collection
Wise County, Virginia
Everything a John Fox fan needs!
Trail of the Lonesome Pine is officially Virginia's state drama.
Summer performances are at the home of John Fox, Jr. in Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Virginia.
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October 2008 marked the 100th anniversary of the publication of
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine,
John Fox's 11th publication and one of two million-selling books.
He would publish two more before he died in 1919, and two additional were published posthumously.
“…
John Fox Jr. is the most important local color writer to take the
Appalachian Mountains
and its people and culture as his subject
.”
Justin Kurynny
About John Fox
A Harvard graduate and popular writer, John Fox, Jr. published 14 novels and almost 500 short stories.
He produced two of the first novels to sell more than a million copies (
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,
and
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
)
.
Three of his novels were also produced as movies (the two million sellers and
The Heart of the Hills
).
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
was the first movie to be produced outdoors in Technicolor. Produced every summer since 1964, it is currently the official outdoor drama for the
Commonwealth
of
Virginia
. Songs from the movies were also recorded by multiple other artists.
Most of Fox’s works are based on the people of the Appalachian Mountains, specifically the Cumberland Plateau areas of
Kentucky
,
Tennessee
, and
Virginia
.
He mixed with the rich and famous, and was friend to, and Rough Rider with,
Teddy Roosevelt.
Born and raised in
Kentucky
, Fox spent the last half of his life publishing all his works from Big Stone Gap, Virginia.
What You Receive In The Expanded CD Collection
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The EBooks
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This CD compilation of six of his most popular published books includes digitized versions of three full-length novels, two novellas and nineteen short stories,
complete with the original illustrations
(most of them produced by world renowned artist Frederick Coffay Yohn).
Includes 2,000+ published pages, 32 illustrations and 6 book covers.
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The Author
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Bonus #1
–Eleven pages of material and images; includes four
biographical sketches
on Fox, details on the movie productions and some of his written works.
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The Movies and Music
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Bonus #2
–
o
Seven pages with
original movie reviews
for the 1923 and 1936 “Trail of the Lonesome Pine” productions.
o
Five pages of written material and images, including
sheet music
from the 1912 and 1936 films, and
printed lyrics
for “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine” and “A Melody From the Sky”,
o
Also includes a
playable song file
from the 1913 Victor recording of “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine”.
.
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The Places
–
Bonus #3
- For the truly dedicated Fox fans desiring more than reading his novels, also included is an
eleven page travel guide of over 30 related attractions
in Fox Country. Also includes “The Coal Boom” article which describes impacts of area mining 1885-1915.
The Books
(Adobe Acrobat .pdf format, fully searchable)
Book 1
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
.
New York
: Scribner’s, 1903. A 322-page Civil War novel, Fox’s best-known and best-selling book
.
Book 2
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
.
New York
: Scribner’s, 1908. Fox’s greatest critical success, a 422-page novel of the ambiguity of progress which is surpassed in fame only by
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
.
Book 3
The Heart of the Hills
.
New York
: Scribner’s, 1913. A 396-page
backwoods melodrama about land-grabbing in the mountains of
Kentucky
.
Book 4
A Mountain Europa
.
New York
: Harpers, 1899. A novella based upon Fox’s first published story.
A
Cumberland
Vendetta
.
New York
: Harpers, 1895. Originally published with Fox’s first short story collection
The Last Stetson
Book 5
Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories
.
New York
: Scribner’s, 1904. A 234-page collection of six short stories. (“Lonesome” is the name of an Eastern Kentucky Creek.)
Includes:
The Army of the Callahan, The Pardon of Becky Day, The Last Stetson
,
A Crisis for the Guard, and Christmas Night with Satan
.
Book 6
A Knight of the
Cumberland
.
New York
: Scribner’s, 1906. A 158-page novella set in the
Cumberland Mountains
Hell-Fer-Sartain and Other Stories
.
New York
: Harpers, 1897. A 221-page collection of 10 short stories. (The title story is named for a watershed in southern Leslie County, KY.)
Includes:
On Hell-Fer-Sartain Creek, Through the Gap, A Trick O Trade, Grayson’s Baby, Courtin’ on Cutshin, The Message in the Sand, The Senators Last Trade, Preaching on Kingdom Come, The Passing of Abraham Shivers,
and
A Purple Rhododendron
.
The Author
Four different biographical sketches
of John Fox, detailing his youth and early life as a journalist and a “rough rider” with Teddy Roosevelt.
Also details his
productive writing years in Big Stone Gap, and his marriage to Fritzi Scheff..
Includes details on the
movie productions
based on three of his books
.
An assortment of
memorabilia graphics
, including several
photographs
of Fox, a book cover published after his death, and affiliated merchandise.
The Music
Sheet music cover graphics
for the 1912 and 1936 versions of “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine”, and also for the 1936 song “Melody from the Sky”
Printed song lyrics
for both of the above songs.
A playable song file
of “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, from the
1913 recording
by Victor Records performed by
a
rtists
Edna Brown & James F. Harrison.
(Requires any basic software that plays .wav files; e.g.., Windows Media Player, RealPlayer, Jukebox, Quicktime, etc.)
Details on
other artists
that recorded the songs.
The Places (A Tour Guide)
Attend a performance of the outdoor drama
“The Trail of the Lonesome Pine” in Big Stone Gap, Wise Co.,
Va.
While there also visit
the John Fox, Jr. Museum
and the
June
Tolliver
House
Museum
.
And drive the
Trail of the Lonesome Pine/Daniel Boone Historic Trail
, a Virginia Scenic Byway.
(Don’t forget that Big Stone Gap also is the setting for the contemporary
Big Stone Gap trilogy written by ex-resident Adrianna Trigiani.)
Visit the John Fox, Jr. Library
in
Paris
,
KY.
Enjoy the Kingdom Come State Park in
Cumberland
,
KY
, hike the Little Shepherd Trail and drive the
Kingdom Come Scenic Parkway
between Whitesburg and Pikeville.
Includes
details on these attractions and 24 additional nearby sites of interest
in Fox’s mountain country of southwestern
Virginia
, and eastern
Kentucky
and
Tennessee
, including the
Crooked Road
(
Virginia
’s Heritage Music Trail).
Includes descriptions, hours of operation, contact telephone numbers, weblinks
, etc.
Read the included
“The Coal Boom”
article to better understand the
historical events
on which “The Trail of the Lonesome Pine” is based.
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