Hounds on the Mountain forcefully and quickly

forcefully and quickly

and examples of Still's use of the "sayings" in poetry and prose

No Friends of Coal

when his name first appeared in print

" a practice predicated on the belief that moon phases and astrological signs exert a powerful influence on the growth and well-being of crops

Hounds on the Mountain forcefully and quicklyFirst published in 1937, Hounds on the Mountain evokes James Still's personal experiences of eastern Kentucky through reflective folk poems describing Appalachian mountain life from birth through death. Written during the Great Depression, the collection emphasizes a collective reliance on the earth and the primacy of nature that Still observed from the seclusion of his thirty acre home in Knott County, Kentucky. Still, who became known as the "Dean