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RE: A Literary Walk in the Woods...A Walk up Big Creek in McDowell County, West Virginia
Your family tree is remarkable - going back before the days of Daniel Boone- to Shawnee and Cherokee, later mingling with German immigrants.
I fell in love with this historical novel by a descendant of Boone:
The Frontiersman's Daughter: A Novel by Laura Frantz https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B8569BK/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_U_x_MkqsAbKRXPE0J
A Kentucky native and writer/editor, Jamie Wilson:
http://jamiekwilson.com/About_Me.html
My great-grandfather Windy was also notable for a checkered past that included 'shine running, a friendship with the gangster Pretty Boy Floyd, and lots of illegal gambling...