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Red Acorn War Tale Amid Kentucky Mountaineers
Harry Brill and Fortner trek through darkness and cliffs as they flee Union soldiers. Aunt Debby, a steadfast mountaineer matriarch, tends provisions and shares kinfolk war history. Debby and Fortner recount Pennington and Brill feuds, the Confederate pull, and a bitter labor of blood and trust in a rural Kentucky valley.
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Fortner
Evemy
Harry
Jess
Niy
Arry
Gabriel
Marty
Ford
Ner
Beauty
Fort
Bruno
Jim
Debby
Harry Joirty
Anllhalfer
Zach Taylor
Portner
Smuri
Runnel Garrard
Deborah
Baal-Tamar
Marcy
Jessez
Bill Pennington
Jesser
Judement
Cumberland Gap
Donse
Jesus
God
Heaven
Sardis
Rachel
Robin Redbreast
Kentucky
Mr. Fortner
Zollicoffer
Bunnel
Henry Clay
Abe
Brill
Bine Licks
Winchester
Raisin
Famy
Bishop's Palace
Takin
Monterey
Riel
Bekase
Cormier
Satan Hisself
Penningtons
Danvill
Brills
Bill
David Brill
Marrie
Mexico
Kunnel Bill
Eunnel Bill
Pennington
Ole Bunnel
Dave Brill
Evry
Col. Pennington
David
Louisville
Cincinnati
Lexington