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Devil John Smith is a local moonshiner who lives with his wife, Martha Hannah, and their pack of children in the mountains around Troublesome Creek. Although he complains to Cussy Mary Carter that her books distract his family from their chores and responsibilities, he has a soft spot for reading and can be convinced to continue to accept library materials that are useful. He also seems to be keeping a protective eye on Cussy Mary while she rides along her route, and he stands up for her when she and Jackson Lovett run afoul of the anti-miscegenation laws.
Devil John Quotes in The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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Chapter 22
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“I’m sorry, Mr. Smith,” I said, secretly touched they loved the books so dearly. Without the loans, his young’uns couldn’t learn because the moonshiner refused to send them to school. No man, no Kentucky law, could make a hillman do that. Most folks hadn’t even heard it was law. The land had its own decrees, held tight its hard ways of handling harder things. Folks would pack their little ones off to school only if it suited them, and not because of something written somewhere far away by city folks they’d never seen, or would ever see.
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Devil John Quotes in The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
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Chapter 22
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“I’m sorry, Mr. Smith,” I said, secretly touched they loved the books so dearly. Without the loans, his young’uns couldn’t learn because the moonshiner refused to send them to school. No man, no Kentucky law, could make a hillman do that. Most folks hadn’t even heard it was law. The land had its own decrees, held tight its hard ways of handling harder things. Folks would pack their little ones off to school only if it suited them, and not because of something written somewhere far away by city folks they’d never seen, or would ever see.
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