There are details that remind us that its author was not born until well after World War II, and there are moments of longueur, too: but besides being a poet Sheers is a local man, bred out of those very hills, and everything he writes has a lyrical stamp of truth.
One man "bred and buttered" in the backwoods told Granik: "I recognised the land you showed me.
If ever a man was bred to be a professional quarterback, it was young Rhett.
It was that of Gladys Hammond, mother-in-law of a man who bred guinea pigs for animal research, and the three refused to return it until the farm was closed.
The National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit, established in 2004, has overseen the arrest and subsequent jailing of several hard-core extremists, including three who were convicted of stealing for ransom the corpse of the mother-in-law of a man who bred guinea pigs for research.The attacks have not completely ceased.
"Among men bred in the camel-saddle, he is said to have few rivals as a tireless rider, as a leader of irregular forces he is of proved daring, and he combines with his qualities as a soldier that grasp of statecraft which is yet more highly prized by the tribesmen.
You know, 88 years old, a man who breeds claimers and sells them for a living, but occasionally keeps one special horse for his own.
Paces away, Clarence Hardy, a man who breeds thoroughbred horses in New Jersey and fights for black farmers, said he hoped the justices inside would bring justice back to America.
Dreams come in all sizes, but they generally come in extra large for a man who breeds and sells mostly claimers, less desirable horses who can be claimed for a price when they are racing.
A ghost who walks in on a family at dinner, a man who breeds a platoon of devoted bastards right across the country, a family that takes an exhumed corpse with its belongings when it moves -- such experiences make for great fiction.
