Alex Stewart: Portrait of a Pioneer

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Alex Stewart used to be a recipient of a National Heritage Fellowship Award in 1983 by the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington which recognized him as a living national treasure. Over a twenty year period of friendship the writer developed a profound respect and great love for Alex Stewart, a really remarkable Tennessee mountain character whose life epitomizes the pioneer development in The united states. The most productive of hundreds of hours of recorded conversations with Stewart are compiled into a moving portrait of this cooper, father of 13, farmer, logger, railroad man, and do-it-yourself interpreter of his rugged fatherland. Because the ways Stewart tells his own stories are as important as the stories themselves, he’s allowed to do a few of the “talking” Right through the book. Through his own account of the people around him, Alex describes his rural life in the late 19th and 20th centuries through stories such as when he used to be bit by a rabid dog, when neighbor children begged for food, or how people gathered honey, made marbles, moonshine or furniture. Right through his 94 years, Alex, who died in 1985, depended upon his own good sense to direct him and it led him through a wealthy and fascinating life. This book is a genuine labor of love.

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