The book sounds wonderful Would like to see it beings I have lots of genealogical family in Robards, such as EAKINS, SELLERS, LITTLEPAGE, RHODES, SAMPLES At 01:28 PM 2/22/98 EST, you wrote: >On a visit last fall to my ancestral home (well, one of them anyway) of >Robards,KY I noted a sign on the south edge of town calling it "The Sanctified >Town". It was explained by someone in town that the name alluded to the >title of a book written by a Kentucky writer named Lucy Furman. I understood >that the book was written in the 1890's, which happens to be when several of >my genealogical families lived in Robards. > >The reason for my interest in the book is because the characters in the story >were reportedly thinly disguised versions of the local townsfolk. Naturally I >wonder if any of the book's characters resembled any of the folks there of >interest to me, (surnames ARMSTRONG, DENTON, SPENCER & WESTER. > >What can any of you tell me about the book? >What about the report that the characters of the book were based on the local >folk? > >I have the book on order via interlibrary loan and I will greatly appreciate >any background info you can provide while I'm waiting for them to find the >book. Thanks very much. > >DW in MN > >