2/23/2023 0 Comments The trail of the lonesome pine![]() JACK HALE- A tall, attractive chap in his mid-twenties who is a stark contrast to the mountain folk. LORETTA TOLLIVER- A pretty girl of sixteen who is inclined to be mischievous and very free spirited in her movements and speech. Possesses a surly manner and is decidedly crude and taciturn. Her speech reflects her crude mountain ways.ĭAVE TOLLIVER- A tall lanky mountain youth in his late teens. ![]() HANNAH TOLLIVER- Woman in her late forties who has habit of whining when she speaks, though she can be domineering when necessary. Only with June, whom he loved devotedly, does he show his softer side. JUDD TOLLIVER- A tall, powerfully built mountaineer in his fifties. She is loyal and sincere, very direct in manner, and never resorts to subterfuge. She is wistful and shy around strangers, and her love of nature invests her with a shining enthusiasm. She is childlike in manner and fascinating in spite of her rough ways and lack of education. JUNE TOLLIVER- A fragile and lovely girl of seventeen. Her speech is freer of mountain dialect than the others in her family. SAL TOLLIVER- A pretty girl in her early twenties who is pale and listless, giving the impression that she is ailing. She is possessed of a most determined manner and speaks with a heavy mountain accent. OLE HON- The typical mountain woman of advanced years. He speaks with a decided mountain dialect. His manner is evasive and he seldom looks at the person he is speaking to. Her face is devoid of emotion, and appears permanently bewildered, rarely ever venturing to voice an opinion. He walks slightly lame, leaning on a heavy stick which he uses as a cane.ĮLLIE MAY BEAMS- A small girl of fifteen who wears her hair uncombed down her back, whose dress is free of ornamentation, and is without shoes or stockings. UNCLE BILLY- A short, stout man of fifty, decidedly quaint and likeable. He is uneducated and awkward in his movements, and speaks with a light drawl and a decided mountain accent. Then, in order to get Hale out of the cabin she tells him that she has never cared for him and that she never wants to see him again! The suspense is breath-taking.īUD TOLLIVER- A tall, think boy of sixteen. Torn between her desire to aid her brother and to save the life of the man she has come to love, June lies to Hale. Judd Tolliver, June's stern and hot-tempered father, prepares to greet Hale with a rifle. Jack, in his capacity of policeman, comes to the Tolliver cabin where Bub is hiding. Bub Tolliver, June's younger brother, shoots and kills Buck Falin. ![]() For years there has existed a feud between the Tollivers and a clan known as the Falins. When Jack and June meet at the foot of The Lonesome Pine, a fine friendship springs up that rapidly ripens into love. Handsome young Jack Hale, a northerner, comes down to the mountain region to survey its land and act as head of a small band of policemen who strive to establish law and order. Lovely June Tolliver, born and reared in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains, is ignorant of the great outside world. I'd recommend it to anyone.John Fox, Jr.'s most celebrated novel made into a grand and glorious play. Can still see Claudette Colbert sitting at the base of the pine, talking to God!!!What a wonderful, emotion stirring, memory making book. I bet I've read it 1000 times or more over the years, and it is on my nightstand today! They had the recording also, but it is gone now. One thing I truly loved was my gramma's favorite book, the Trail of the lonesome pine. Not many luxuries, but what they had was loved and cared for.(I have much of it today). We were from Seattle, and that city was SO much different! My grandparents lived off the farm, doing trading and working for necessary things. Helping gramma with cleaning, cooking, canning, tending the gardens (flower and vegie) and just feeling loved. Lazy, sunny days, doing chores, helping grampa with haying, wood cutting and stacking, milking,currying the horse,(Teddy,) picking fresh vegies from the garden, etc. When I was a youngster (1940's), my favorite memories are the summers my sisters and I got to spend on my grandparents farm at Dewey, (Anacortes) WA.
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