Deceiving Destiny

By Craig Skaggs

At the end of the Civil War, families with homes and farms in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia escaped Union Army destruction by running to the West Virginia mountains. There, without the slaves of their grandfathers, they tried unsuccessfully to re-establlish the grand lifestyle of their ancestors. The more industrious of thers refugees scratched out an honest existence among the rocky peaks and hollows, hoping better times would befall their children. Others adopted crime and intemperance and sank into oblivion. Among these refugees were the Forsythes, a family of 14, including a father and three brothers. The mother and nine sisters were destined to suffer abject hardship. One of these sisters was Virginia Daire Forsythe, born in 1917. Like other women of her generation, she dealt with The Great Depression and World War II. In the mountains of West Virginia, she also met violence, debauchery, prejudice, revenge and murder. She shook off the challenges, learning from each. As she wateched the Ku Klux Klan punish the young boy who stole her fateher's saddle, she swore her destiny would not be preordained by the mountains and the culture of the Appalachian south. "Deceiving Destiny" chronicles the early life and dcreams of this woman, wo is kindred to many baby-boomers'mothers. These women deceived the destiny life in the early 20th Century had shoved at them. The book explores the times and trials that shaped the mothers of the baby boom generation, and it is must reading for those wishing to understand what shaped the baby boom culture and subsequent generations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977025705
• ISBN13: 9780977025701
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Comar Publishing
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up