her way of life was "irrevocably altered by industrial development, mining and other intrusions from the modern world during her lifetime."

Farr, Sidney Saylor. “FOREWORD.” How We Talked and Common Folks, by Verna Mae Slone et al., University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009, pp. 201–322. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jch5c.19. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

Located in SE Kentucky

Farr, Sidney Saylor. “FOREWORD.” How We Talked and Common Folks, by Verna Mae Slone et al., University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009, pp. 201–322. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jch5c.19. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

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joined the ranks of noted Appalachian writers such as Harriette Arnow, Wilma Dykeman, James Still and Emma Bell Miles

Farr, Sidney Saylor. “FOREWORD.” How We Talked and Common Folks, by Verna Mae Slone et al., University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009, pp. 201–322. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jch5c.19. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

physical description: vibrant blue eyes, speaks with a soft mountain dialect, silver/white hair

Farr, Sidney Saylor. “FOREWORD.” How We Talked and Common Folks, by Verna Mae Slone et al., University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009, pp. 201–322. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jch5c.19. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

this was also written in honor of her father, Isom B. Slone aka Kitteneye - the story is about her father and his life

Slone, Verna Mae. “Verna Mae Slone.” The Kentucky Anthology: Two Hundred Years of Writing in the Bluegrass State, edited by Wade Hall, University Press of Kentucky, 2005, pp. 612–615. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jchx0.114. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

she didn't just disprove, she was adamantly against the "hillbilly stereotypes" stating they did more damage than good for the people of the area

Slone, Verna Mae. “Verna Mae Slone: (October 9, 1914– ).” Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, edited by Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia L. Hudson, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2003, pp. 570–573. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcf21.101. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

Written while she was in her 60's

Slone, Verna Mae. “Verna Mae Slone: (October 9, 1914– ).” Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, edited by Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia L. Hudson, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2003, pp. 570–573. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcf21.101. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

It's important to note she stopped her formal education prior to finishing high school.

Slone, Verna Mae. “Verna Mae Slone: (October 9, 1914– ).” Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, edited by Sandra L. Ballard and Patricia L. Hudson, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2003, pp. 570–573. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcf21.101. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.

Vague - written in 1979

Ballard, Sandra L., and Patricia L. Hudson, editors. “Chronology of Works.” Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 2003, pp. xix-xxviii. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2jcf21.3. Accessed 25 Feb. 2021.