Elizabeth Hardin Buttke

If you lived back in the holler, that meant you were raised in the country, or on a farm, and the road usually led only to local neighbors’ homes. The holler was your community. Author Elizabeth Hardin Buttke recalls life in a gentle time and tells of her memories of living and growing up in a rural small town. Short stories of humor and sadness. Reading these fascinating stories will leave you with a taste of life in the Appalachian Mountains of East Tennessee.