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Sun's In The Treetops, Jewell E. Florea, Lee J. Florea Dec 2013

Sun's In The Treetops, Jewell E. Florea, Lee J. Florea

Lee J Florea, PhD, P.G.

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Rise And Shine: An Autobiographical Sketch Relating The Life And Times Of Rural Kentucky During The 1940s, Jewell E. Florea, Lee J. Florea Feb 2009

Rise And Shine: An Autobiographical Sketch Relating The Life And Times Of Rural Kentucky During The 1940s, Jewell E. Florea, Lee J. Florea

Lee J Florea, PhD, P.G.

The community of Poplarville, in the beautiful hills along the edge of the Cumberland Plateau in southeast Kentucky, was the home of my youth in the 1940’s. To me, this region remains God’s country and a place where one can appreciate Nature at its finest. For generations, my family and the families of our neighbors lived simple lives and learned to harness Nature’s abundance from the fields, forests, and streams. During the day, songbirds and wildflowers enriched our senses. During the night, stars blazed in the sky. Though our lives were tied to the seasons, the 1940’s were the beginning …