Hillbillies to Heroes: Journey from the Back Hills of Tennessee to the Battlefields of World War II--A True Story
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    [synopsis] => One of the Last Great Memoirs of the Greatest Generation: A Tennessee Back-Hills Boy Comes of Age on the Battlefields of Nazi Germany This memoir is an epic tale in the classic sense: the coming of age of a boy, a region, and an entire nation as World War II is, fought and won. Immersive and richly detailed, it is an uplifting true story and a reminder of the priceless gifts handed down from one generation to another. Taken from transcribed interviews with James Quinton Kelley and other U.S. veterans, and researched and written by his daughter, S. L. Kelley, this story is an inspirational work of Americana, both a rare documentation of a secretive mountain community, and an American soldier's battle experience in Germany at the desperate close of the war in Europe. The narrator's voice is rich with back-woods sayings, wisdom and compassion as he looks back on a past that reveals an intimate portrait of a loving family who knew how to live without dysfunction and survive hard times, which prepared him for the trials of war. Hillbillies to Heroes offers an authentic positive view of rural Southerners and a strong answer to the negative Southern types drawn in Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. This book is an in-depth look at the other kind of poor white Southern family, the kind Vance envied in his memoir. Hillbillies to Heroes expresses a deep appreciation for the freedoms in America, and the sacrifices made by our country's Greatest Generation to protect those freedoms, when they were being threatened. It honors our U.S. veterans and shows the importance of American self-reliance and strong family foundations.
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