John Fox, Jr. (1862–1919)
Author of The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
About the Author
Works by John Fox, Jr.
In the Heart of the Hills 1 copy
Associated Works
The Ethnic Image in Modern American Literature, 1900-1950, Volumes 1-2 (1984) — Contributor — 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Fox, John, Jr.
- Birthdate
- 1862-12-16
- Date of death
- 1919-07-08
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Harvard University (BA|1883)
- Occupations
- journalist
novelist - Organizations
- Harper's Weekly
New York Sun
New York Times
Scribner's Magazine - Relationships
- Scheff, Fritzi (spouse)
- Short biography
- Fox was a noted Kentucky author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, best known for his stories and novels of the Kentucky mountaineers. He was born in the community of Stony Point, eight miles from Paris, Kentucky in Bourbon County. He graduated from Harvard University, went to work with his brother in the coal mines near Jellico, Tenessee, and wrote his first short novel there, 'A Mountain Europa'. He served as correspondent for Harper's in the Spanish-American War, and for Scribner's in the Russo-Japanese War. He is best known for his 1903 novel 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdome Come,' and 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine' published in 1908.
- Cause of death
- pneumonia
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Stony Point, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
- Places of residence
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA
- Place of death
- Big Stone Gap, Virginia, USA
- Burial location
- Paris, Cemetery, Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- USA
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I read a book once in which one character told another that his mother only read one book in her whole life. The other said he did not think he could do that, books being so important to him. The first said he was not clear. His mother only read one book but when she finished it, she loved it so, she started it over again. That book was The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by John Fox Jr.. I set my own goal to one day read the book that so enthralled the woman. Written at the turn of the century, show more 19th to 20th the book is about a civil engineer who pioneers coal mining and iron smelting in the Appalachian country that borders Virginia and Kentucky. He meets and is enchanted by a young mountain girl. Every time I expected the story to take off in one direction, it headed in another. One interesting thing the book touched on, although it seemed oblivious to it, was the devastation coal mining and smelting wreak on an unsullied virgin environment and the impact that has on local lives. show less
I thoroughly enjoyed this tale of the lives of the people of the Kentucky mountains and the way that their lives changed as 'furriners' bring their own notions of law and order and civilisation into the area in the hunt for coal and iron ore. The book was a top seller in 1908 and 1909 and it's easy to see why: Fox's writing is descriptive without being verbose and his tale of warring clans in the mountains is easy to believe. I was a little disappointed with the way Dave's part of the story show more turned out (I felt Fox had run out of energy at that point), but otherwise thought it was a good read. show less
Audiobook......A sweet love story and some interesting historical fiction....This novel is set in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, and chronicles the transition of mountain dwellers from a time of little to no contact with the world at large to a time when the search for coal, the expansion of the rail system, and the influx of speculators changed everything. Family feuds and a sweet love story make it enjoyable as a story, and the history is informative, if not surprising.
You will fall in love with the hero and his heroine, I promise you. A genuine story. Might be the best story I've read this year.
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- Works
- 33
- Also by
- 7
- Members
- 869
- Popularity
- #29,448
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 10
- ISBNs
- 254
- Languages
- 1
