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Amidst the forested hills of North Carolina, a girl, daughter of a long hunter, dreamed of a land beyond the Appalachians--a land called Caintuck. She envisioned its mountains that rolled into large meadows cut by rock-bottomed streams and fast-flowing rivers--meadows covered with thick grass where buffalo, elk, deer, and turkeys grazed. She knew Caintuck as a land filled with the riches of nature and scarcely inhabited-- the hunting ground of many Native American tribes. Lying beyond the Donelson Line separating the colonies from the Indian inhabited wilderness, Caintuck drew men to its beauty as well as its bounty. Having heard the stories from her father and uncle, among others who had dared to cross the mountains into Caintuck, and despite the many dangers, Jemima hankered - yearned - longed to cross those mountains and live in that promised land of milk and honey. Caintuck Lies Within My Soul tells the story of Jemima Boone, daughter to Kentucky pioneer Daniel Boone.

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Jemima Boone's story begins in the mid-1700s and opens with a feisty little girl's determination to hunt ginseng in the Yadkin Valley hills. Her success at uncovering 'sang' without tools or the help of her older brother is somewhat tempered by the realization that she's gotten lost. The roots of her determination and adventures are formed on this night, as well as author C.M. Huddleston's ability to capture not only sights, sounds, and atmosphere, but the culture and language of Kentucky's peoples: ""She stopped and turned in a slow circle, observing every direction for familiar landmarks or smoke from a cabin fire, for theirs was not the only cabin along the Yadkin. She listened, but heard only the tree frogs begin their songs, a few crows, and then a whippoorwill. Not close. She knew the will's loud call carried for miles."" As Jemima grows up in an environment that includes Indian threats, the dangers of settling in 'Caintuck', and the spirited now-young-adult Jemima's handling of two suitors and many changes in her life and family, readers receive an engaging, engrossing story. Part of its strength is because it is narrated from more than one perspective and incorporates the lingo of the region in a readily understandable fashion that lends atmosphere and meaning to the story: ""Flanders Callaway, the worst happenin' a married woman faces is the loss of her husband. While I've not suffered it myself, I suffered with her as Daniel's sister Hannah grieved for John. Today, Jemima stood at that gate watchin', while her husband acted like a fool, exposin' himself and his brother to the danger of being shot and scalped. And yet you, young man can't figure out why Mima is crying?"" From women who bravely face their man's absence or treachery to meetings between captains, warriors and chiefs and the lasting impact on Native American and white relationships that these moves bring, the pioneering efforts, perceptions, and challenges of early America come to life in a re-enactment of early Kentucky's history and settlement. Caintuck Lies Within My Soul is a work of fiction with a strong historical overlay. Almost every event described in the course of the story really happened. Years of research about early Kentucky settlements in general and the Boone family in particular create a strong reality-based focus to the story. In profiling the women involved in the nation's first major westward expansion, Huddleston expands upon and adds depth to the Boone family story, which traditionally focuses relatively exclusively on the more famous Daniel Boone. Readers interested in American pioneer experience in general and women's perceptions and challenges in particular will find Caintuck Lies Within My Soul does an outstanding job of bringing the times and women's issues to life. It's a story hard to put down, not easily forgotten, and packed with facts about Kentucky's evolution. Diane Donovan, MIdwest Book Reviews

Jemima Boone's story begins in the mid-1700s and opens with a feisty little girl's determination to hunt ginseng in the Yadkin Valley hills. Her success at uncovering 'sang' without tools or the help of her older brother is somewhat tempered by the realization that she's gotten lost. The roots of her determination and adventures are formed on this night, as well as author C.M. Huddleston's ability to capture not only sights, sounds, and atmosphere, but the culture and language of Kentucky's peoples: She stopped and turned in a slow circle, observing every direction for familiar landmarks or smoke from a cabin fire, for theirs was not the only cabin along the Yadkin. She listened, but heard only the tree frogs begin their songs, a few crows, and then a whippoorwill. Not close. She knew the will's loud call carried for miles. As Jemima grows up in an environment that includes Indian threats, the dangers of settling in 'Caintuck', and the spirited now-young-adult Jemima's handling of two suitors and many changes in her life and family, readers receive an engaging, engrossing story. Part of its strength is because it is narrated from more than one perspective and incorporates the lingo of the region in a readily understandable fashion that lends atmosphere and meaning to the story: Flanders Callaway, the worst happenin' a married woman faces is the loss of her husband. While I've not suffered it myself, I suffered with her as Daniel's sister Hannah grieved for John. Today, Jemima stood at that gate watchin', while her husband acted like a fool, exposin' himself and his brother to the danger of being shot and scalped. And yet you, young man can't figure out why Mima is crying? From women who bravely face their man's absence or treachery to meetings between captains, warriors and chiefs and the lasting impact on Native American and white relationships that these moves bring, the pioneering efforts, perceptions, and challenges of early America come to life in a re-enactment of early Kentucky's history and settlement. Caintuck Lies Within My Soul is a work of fiction with a strong historical overlay. Almost every event described in the course of the story really happened. Years of research about early Kentucky settlements in general and the Boone family in particular create a strong reality-based focus to the story. In profiling the women involved in the nation's first major westward expansion, Huddleston expands upon and adds depth to the Boone family story, which traditionally focuses relatively exclusively on the more famous Daniel Boone. Readers interested in American pioneer experience in general and women's perceptions and challenges in particular will find Caintuck Lies Within My Soul does an outstanding job of bringing the times and women's issues to life. It's a story hard to put down, not easily forgotten, and packed with facts about Kentucky's evolution. Diane Donovan, MIdwest Book Reviews

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C. M. Huddleston loved history and dreamed of writing a book even as a child. However, she got sidetracked. She became an Army wife, a mother, an elementary school teacher, an archaeologist, and an historic preservation consultant, all before publishing her first book! Since 2006, she has written five historical novels, three pictorials, three histories on the family of President Theodore Roosevelt, one about the enslaved residents of Bulloch Hall, Roswell, Georgia, and two short stories in a collection entitled Winter Wonder. All of her writings deal with her love of our nation's past. C.M. Huddleston has won awards for all of her fiction books, and the collaborative effort Winter Wonder, which she edited. Caintuck Lies Within My Soul is her fifteenth book. Her sixteenth, a biography of James S. Bulloch, will be released in February of 2020. Now a full-time author, Connie resides in a log cabin near Crab Orchard, Kentucky, with her husband and their Australian Shepherd Katie. They all enjoy the quiet of rural Kentucky.

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