Mountain of Memories

About the Book

In Mountain of Memories, author Emogene Taylor Boyer takes the reader on an unforgettable journey through the hills of West Virginia during the Great Depression. Boyer recounts both the joys and difficulties of this bygone era from her perspective as a young girl growing up among colorful characters and unpredictable events on Tams Mountain, West Virginia. Mountain of Memories contains a wide array of anecdotes from personal stories such as the young Emogene's comic mishaps in school to harrowing accounts of her relatives' and neighbors' efforts to deal with crime, illness and economic adversity against the backdrop of the Depression and the Second World War. Boyer introduces us to memorable characters from her family, particularly her genteel father and her irrepressible mother, providing readers with a collection of stories so vivid that they feel they are alongside her as she lives out her adventures on the mountain.

About the Author

Emogene Boyer was born in 1932, on a mountain in a remote area of West Virginia where she lived the first 12 years of her life. She and her husband Robert Boyer have three children and four grandsons. They spend winters in Florida and summers on a small farm near Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.