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Originally published 1977 by G.P. Putnam and Sons

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Still, James, 1906-

Sporty creek / James Still,

p.   cm.

Summary: when work ceases in the Kentucky coal mines during the Depression of 1929, a young boy and his family move to the mountains to live off the land.

ISBN 0-8131-0965-5 (paper : alk. paper)

[Appalachian Region Fiction. 2. Depressions—1929 Fiction. 3. Family life Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.S8565Sp   1999

[Fic]—dc21

99-18334

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