{"product_id":"songs-of-bloody-harlan-hardcover","title":"Songs of Bloody Harlan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLee Pennington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJill Withrow Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eJill Withrow Baker\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 1960's, after graduation from Berea, Lee Pennington went to Harlan County to teach poetry to Kentucky Community College students. Under his tutelage, they published four books of poetry, \u003cem\u003eSpirit Hollow, Thirteen, The Long Way Home and Tomorrow's People.\u003c\/em\u003e It was this last book that got him in trouble, as the students were honest and frank about their locale, religion and relationships, and local authorities took offense. So much so that a price was put on Pennington's head and he had to leave with armed guards to protect him. This, of course, made national news and he was asked to speak all over the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was not the students or the population of Harlan County who hated Pennington, but the establishment, the executives, the law-enforcers and managers who disapproved of his freedom and honesty. As Jean W. Ross writes in the \u003cem\u003eDLB Yearbook, \u003c\/em\u003e \"the students' work was in part critical of strip-mining, traditional religious teaching, and the hypocrisy of authority.\" She writes of Lee's subsequent book on the subject, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSongs of Bloody Harlan, \u003c\/em\u003e, published first in \u003cem\u003eNorth American Mentor \u003c\/em\u003e(Summer 1971), and in book form in 1975, is Pennington's toughly realistic but ultimately loving tribute to the region that had driven him out in 1967. He wrote of the poetry's genesis, \"For two years following my experience in Harlan County, I didn't say anything. But a poet doesn't have that choice either. . . . \u003cem\u003eSongs of Bloody Harlan\u003c\/em\u003e is my comment.\" (Jean W. Ross, \u003cem\u003eDictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook 1982\u003c\/em\u003e, p. 335)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePennington's book, \u003cem\u003eSongs of Bloody Harlan \u003c\/em\u003ewas one of his early publications, with a small edition of 100 printed, in 1975. Its popularity grew until it became very valuable, with a high price of $2,500 listed for one available on Amazon in 2018. This edition fulfills many people's desire to own a copy of this rare book, and it deserves reprinting so that all may partake of the experience Pennington lived, with all of it beauty, love and agony.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.25 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52726587785523,"sku":"9780981844275","price":43.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Uk5zaTQvaDhTYzVZZkViZ1ZvUVdmdz09.webp?v=1763740774","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/songs-of-bloody-harlan-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}