Truman Fields was born and raised on a farm in Perry County Kentucky. Big Creek, his home place, is located in the very heart of Appalachia. Although this is his first book, he has published many a...mehr sehenTruman Fields was born and raised on a farm in Perry County Kentucky. Big Creek, his home place, is located in the very heart of Appalachia. Although this is his first book, he has published many articles and stories about the region. The chapter entitled STRIPMINING COMES TO BIG CREEK won the Plattner Award for Berea Colleges Appalachian Heritage Magazine. The chapter on MOUNTAIN DAY won first place in the Louisville Senior Writers contest.weniger sehen