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Somewhere in the Pacific

The Misfortunes of an Appalachian Family After War by Billie Jean Craft


This is a true story of a man going off to war, leaving his wife and four children vulnerable to the world. The story is told by his granddaughter, with the help of information collected by family and friends. This is the story of what happened to her grandparents in the 1930's as they waited for him to leave for battle. He would never return.


After his death, the family endured numerous struggles until one morning her whole family would be changed forever by tragedy. Forty years following her mother's death the granddaughter is ready to tell the story of the worst crime in the history of her community- a tragic crime that would affect her family forever.