Oren F. Morton
Published: 2015-07-02
Total Pages: 398
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Excerpt from Winning or Losing?: A Story of the West Virginia Hills Books of West Virginia authorship are few. Especially is this the case in the field of general literature. The purpose of the present sketch is twofold. It is to trace a turning-point in the career of an individual. It is also to give a portraiture of present-day life in the Alleghany highlands. This subsidiary aim is the author's defense for introducing what might seem a needless number of characters. The thought of writing a work of this kind did not originate with the author himself. The idea was suggested by a friend. On the part of many other persons also, there was a prompt, hearty, and substantial encouragement. Yet it has not been practicable for the author to give to the preparation of the volume the amount of time he deemed requisite. The writer has an extensive acquaintance with the territory wherein the scenes of the story are laid. The first names of the characters are chosen from among those which are most frequent in the particular region under survey. But in the case of surnames, he has been at some pains to avoid those of local occurrence. Grateful acknowledgment is here offered to all who have in any way contributed to the success of the undertaking. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.