Gullies of My People - 9780820365442

Gullies of My PeopleAn Excavation of Landscape and Family\nAuthor(s): John Lane\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Georgia Press, United States\nImprint: University of Georgia Press\nISBN-13: 9780820365442, 978-0820365442\nSynopsis\nWhile scouting sites for geology field trips, poet and naturalist John Lane encountered deep gullies created between the Civil War and the 1930s contributed to by his mothers tenant farming family and their rural neighbors in Piedmont South Carolina. This brush with the poor farming practices of the past leads Lane into an exploration of his own familys complicated history and of the larger environmental forces that have shaped the region where he chooses to live. With his sister as guide, Lane descends into the gully of his own childhood to uncover memories of a loving but alcoholic mother and a suicidal father. \n\nBack and forth, the narrative progresses from depictions of the landparticularly the overgrown and neglected places that hold stor.