Mountain Memories

About the Book

 From the beautiful green mountains of Tumbling Creek, Virginia to the coalmines of West Virginia, came a man, strong, as if carved from granite, with a wife and ten children.  They survived the everpresent stench of coal dust; the loud rumble of freight trains loaded with fresh dug coal that spewed billowing black smoke throughout the coal camps night and day.

Some will say they lived a gypsy life, but those who lived through the Great Depression will remember the struggles that had to be made in order to survive to keep food on the table and clothes on their backs.

Later Tom moved his family several times in order to make a living.  These included Cedar Bluff, Tumbling Creek, and then on to Meadowview Farm where the family settled down to farming.  Their last move was to Indiana where Tom retired to live among his children who had moved there earlier.

You will get to know each child as they grow into adults; laugh at the antics of a large and boistrous family, and cry when tragedy strikes.

This is the continuing story of Tom and Dolly and the sequel to Mountain Blossoms. 

About the Author

Violet June Richardson is the eleventh child to be born to Tom and Dolly.  She grew up in the Tumbling Creek area in Virginia near the town of Saltville.  The creek and the green mountains surrounding the family home inspired her to write short stories and articles about living a simple country life and the enjoyment it brought. 

After her graduation from high school the family moved to Indiana where she met and married her husband.  She completed her education, taught in Business College, and worked for a local utility company, retiring early  to enjoy her family and their Meadowview farm together. 

Violet started writing short articles for her hometown newspaper, and later her first novel Mountain Blossoms was published.  

Mountain Memories is the sequel to her first novel.  It continues with the Tom and Dolly story and the lives of their children.