Sitting on the Courthouse Bench: An Oral History of Grundy, Virgin[i]a
- ISBN-10
- 1884824250
- ISBN-13
- 9781884824258
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Tryon Publishing Company
- Author
- Lee Smith
Description
When Lee Smith, one of the country's preeminent authors, learned that the only salvation for her rural Virginia hometown meant, in a sense, it destruction, she was compelled to tell the story. Working with Debbie Raines, an English teacher at Grundy High School, and students from the school's Oral Communication Seminar, she has produced a rich oral history. Archival and contemporary photographs depict a small town ravaged by decades of flooding. In this volume, we journey with Lee Smith and the townspeople of Grundy, in a literal and figurative sense, as they anchor their town on higher ground to begin anew.
