Kenneth Osborn: 2 books

Spunky eleven-year-old Catfish Annie travels with her grandfather on a houseboat, hauling freight up and down the Mississippi River in the late 1940s. Fishing in the river, helping with the work, and meeting interesting people are all activities that fill Annie's days and teach her many important...

Families, communities, and the nation itself were irretrievably altered by the Civil War and the subsequent societal transformations of the nineteenth century. The repercussions of the war incited a broad range of unique problems in Appalachia, including political dynamics, racial prejudices, and...