Growing Up in Lincoln County, West Virginia

Download or read book Growing Up in Lincoln County, West Virginia written by Chuck Estep and published by Publishamerica Incorporated. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the unforgettable true story of a family torn by divorce, and how they manage to struggle through the Depression years of the thirties and the devastations of World War II. The account centers around Chuck, the second of five children. He tells about Growing Up in Lincoln County West Virginia. They eat wild game and grow their own food to exist. Chuck and his younger sister scavenge for food under a neighbor's apple tree. They carry home half-rotten apples for the evening meal. There is laughter, tragedy and hard discipline while being educated in a one-room rural schoolhouse. He fills the role of caretaker to his brother and sisters and prepares meals on a wood-fired cook stove. Finally, separated from his family, living with his grandparents, and sleeping in the smokehouse, his quest is to find family and home.