Rennie's Way

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Rennie's Way Rennie's Way VERNA MAE SLONE With a Foreword by Wade Hall Illustrations by Len Slone THE UNIVERSITY PRESS OF KENTUCKY Publication of this volume was made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Copyright © 1994 by The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508^008 Portions of this book appeared earlier, in a slightly different form, as Sarah Ellen, copyright © 1982 by Verna Mae Slone, published by Pippa Valley Printing. Illustrations copyright © 1982 by Len Slone. 05 04 03 02 01 5 4 3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Slone, Verna Mae, 1914Rennie 's way / Verna Mae Slone : illustrations by Len Slone. p. cm. ISBN 0-8131-1855-7 (cloth. : alk. paper) 1. Girls—Kentucky—Fiction. 2. Young women—Kentucky—Fiction. 3. Family—Kentucky—Fiction. 4. Mountain life—Appalachian Region—History—20th century—Fiction. 5. Appalachian Region— Fiction. I. Title. PS3569.L6746 1994 813'.54—dc20 93-39379 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials. @® Manufactured in the United States of America. ...