Dedication 1, Prologue 3, Mountain People Adapt to Changing World 8, Mountain Life and its Many Contrasts 12, The Mountains are Just a Metaphor for Life Some Say 16, Life is unchanged for McDowell County Clan 19, Charley Brown Works as a Team with his Mules while Bear Hunting the Cranberry Backcountry 26, Grandmother's House was Always 'Clean as a Hound's Tooth' --Even while she Often Cooked Three Meals a Day for her Family 31, "The Hills they are a Changing" Says Retired Forest Ranger 34, Appalachians Are Warm Hospitable People 37, Big John Settles Relates Some of his Coalfield Struggles 40, Our Fascination with Mountain Folk Stems from their Characteristic Strength and Spirit 44, Coal Camps Served as Haven for Miners and Families 46, Two-Fisted Minister Wages War in Pulpit:Puts 'Knockout' Punch on Sin Damnation 51, Ancestry 56, Life in the Backwoods and Forested Hollows of Home 62, Man Goes Out Searching for Something He Never Lost 65, Beds of Wildflowers Found in Remote Niches of Woodlands 68, Beans and Cornbread Now are Folk Food Even at Restaurants 72, A Mountaineer for all Seasons and Labor--Roy Bragg 75, West Virginians Rarely Complain of 'Hillbilly' Moniker 79, Man Grew up and Worked During Hinton's Early Days 83, Woman Explores History of Folks Rooted in Past 86, Ghost Orders Man to Leave Home--but Hanover Resident Is Unafraid 91, Many Families Design T-shirts Hats or Bags as Souvenirs for their Annual Summer Gatherings 93, Coal Mine Scrip Gaining in Popularity Among Mountaineers 97, Mountains' Age Reaches Back More than 500 Million Years 100, Bradshaw Man Grew up Proud of his Childhood 103, If You Work with Wood You will Need a Sawblade Sharpener 107, Champion Turkey Caller Plies his Amazing Trade 110, Appalachia: The Changing Times 112, Hillbillies are Noted for their Optimism and Natural Abilities 117, Appalachians Paid Hefty Price for Political Corruption 124, About the Author by Vincent Sweeney 129, Sixteen Paragraphs from Garret Mathews 133, An Author's Legacy by Rebecca Lynn Rector Blankenship 137, Afterword by Larry Martin 141.