Starvation Hollow

As Grandpa and I sat on the porch stoop one afternoon, he told me he was glad he got to move out of Starvation Hollow. "Being raised down there is enough misery for any man, let alone having to spend the rest of his days there," he said.

“How did that hollow get named?” I asked.

“Well, son, the slopes of that hollow are so poor that sage brush will hardly grow, let alone tobacco and corn, and that’s how it got its name,” he explained.

”Let me tell you about the time my Ma and Pa, and my brothers and sister almost starved to death one winter. There came

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Verlag: BookRix GmbH & Co. KG

Texte: Stanley Mcqueen
Lektorat: Valerie Byron
Tag der Veröffentlichung: 20.01.2013
ISBN: 978-3-7309-1442-7

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