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The Mountain, the Miner, and the Lord and Other Tales from a Country Law Office

by Harry M. Caudill

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This book of stories celebrates people who have a magnetism, a tenacity, a personal vision, an independence, and a self-sufficiency that elude most of us today.

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 976.9 — History & geography History of North America South central United States Kentucky
LCC: F457 .L48 .C38 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history Kentucky
BISAC: BIO BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY General
FIC FICTION General

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Languages: English
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ISBNs: 4
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Published: 1980
Genres: Nonfiction, History, Biography & Memoir
DDC/MDS: 976.9
LCC: F457 .L48 .C38

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