Title: Gut Survival
Product review: How do you survive when there's no means to survival? Nance made it to 104 against all odds. Her tale is fictionalized even further than her "legend" by this Carolina Mountain bred author and professor.Why tell her terrible story? It's a testimony to pure grit and determination. Nance's seemingly poor decisions are driven by survival instincts. She did what she had to do in her view.Even more interesting are conditions in the ruggedly beautiful Smokey Mountain ranges surrounding her in her post Civil War era. Bible driven and moonshine fueled, the people live on guts, grit, and grinding poverty. Those with nothing are disdained and gossip fodder. Nance was one of those souls and comes across as a heroic figure turned inside out and spat out by the society surrounding her. The difference? Nance spat back.
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