Publisher's Synopsis
Mules have nothing on Henry Van Boorean, owner of The Hill, an 80-acre farm in eastern Kentucky. Though the only crops his property produces are turnip wine and fertilizer, Henry will not give up his piece of the American Dream. With his staunch wife Flossie at his side, Henry weathers Prohibition, the Depression, a pernicious rooster, gossiping Baptists, stampeding goats, a scheming neighbor, and a pre-dawn milk route run by a percheron named Major. Follow Henry, Flossie, and their growing family from 1930 to 1956 in this humorous and touching saga set deep in impoverished Appalachian coal country.
