{ "item_title" : "A Home in the Mist", "item_author" : [" W. T. Ridenour "], "item_description" : "Kathryn, called Pa as the cabin came into view. Come see what I brung ya. I was laying on a reed mat in front of the fireplace reading Sleepy Hollow' to Ma, as she cut up vegetables to add to her rabbit stew. I'd read the book before in school, but liked it so much I asked my teacher, Miss Melloncamp, if I could take it home to read again. She was mighty careful about her books because they were hard to come by, but I guess she was so pleased that I had finally taken an interest in something that she agreed. Anyway, I was at the part where Ichabod Crane had just left the van Tassel farm, and was all wound-up and nervous and such, when I heard a callin' coming from outside. At first, I wasn't sure if I'd really heard something, or if I was just anticipating the headless horseman getting' after ol Ichabod.Ma, on the other hand, knew exactly what she had heard. She'd waited for that sound for the last three weeks. Tossing her paring knife into the bowl on the table, and with a little gasp in her throat, she jumped up and dashed to the door. In an instant, I was right behind her. Out the door, and around the corner of the cabin we ran, stopping for just a moment when we saw Pa, over near the spring house. It looked like he was pulling a big ol bear on a couple of limbs.You got em Pa? I shouted as I ran across the yard.Well, I got something, he said. But it ain't what you think. With that starts an incredible journey of transformation for a back-woods mountain community nestled in a beautiful valley of the Great Smoky Mountains.The early 1880s was a hard time for the growing community of Cades Cove, Tennessee. And even more so for the Bannons; a mountain family that lived nearby. Then, one day while Zebulon Bannon is out hunting for a killer bear, he happens upon an injured stranger. A man so damaged, he can't even remember his own name. Taking pity upon the stranger, the normally hard and unyielding Zeb, nurses the man's wounds and takes him home to the Bannon cabin. This act of kindness unwittingly starts a chain of events that will forever change the lives of Zeb, his family, and the entire community of Cades Cove.As told through the eyes of an ageing Billy Bannon thinking back on his childhood, this is the tale of an early American settlement in the mountains of Tennessee. A story of joys and struggles, tribulations and redemption. It may tug at the heart a bit and perhaps bring a tear to the eye, but if the reader is not careful, they just may also find themselves laughing out loud.So, grab yourself a favorite beverage, get nestled into a comfortable chair, and journey back to an earlier time. A time of hardships and fun, transgressions and forgiveness, childhood adventures and young love. But mostly a time of hope and the transformation of the heard. It all happened at A Home in the Mist.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/73/585/870/1735858706_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "14.99", "online_price" : "14.99", "our_price" : "14.99", "club_price" : "14.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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