{"product_id":"gratitude-for-shoes-growing-up-poor-in-the-smokies-paperback","title":"Gratitude For Shoes: Growing Up Poor In The Smokies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCleo Hicks Williams\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn important goal in writing \u003ci\u003eGratitude For Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e is to dispel the myth that mountain people are stupid, lazy, feuding \"hillbillies,\" and portray them as the highly intelligent, resourceful and hard-working people they truly are.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurvival was never easy for the early settlers in the Great Smoky Mountains. People \"made do\" with what they had and what they could glean from a rocky garden and hillside corn patch, and from picking wild berries and grapes, canning, preserving and drying food. Sometimes, in order for his family to survive, a man had to resort to making illegal corn liquor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a story about growing up in a family of ten children in the immediate post-depression era, living high in the mountains on a steep winding dirt road, eight miles from the nearest town.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch effort has been made to use authentic mountain speech, along with giving details about activities of daily living, including housing, clothing, food, school, work, play, attitudes and customs of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA good education was considered an impossible dream, especially for a girl, but \u003ci\u003eGratitude For Shoes\u003c\/i\u003e tells how one little barefooted mountain girl overcame almost insurmountable obstacles in order to achieve that goal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.25 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 25, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45421535363174,"sku":"9780595356829","price":44.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UERrQzZJMWNjRHQ1aFczaGEwK1hTUT09.webp?v=1775485053","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/gratitude-for-shoes-growing-up-poor-in-the-smokies-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}