Appalachian History - This Newly Published 1930s W. Va. Memoir Has it in Spades

Montani Publishing is pleased to present "The Day is Far Spent" by Martinsburg, WV native Kenneth A Tabler. This coming of age memoir recounts from an insider's view the culture of Appalachia during the 1930s in a folksy, though not sentimental, vein.

The Day is Far Spent
Dr. Tabler chronicles a journey of bettering his inherited lot through self-discovery and the transforming power of education. His life story begins with the values learned as a Depression-era boy growing up in the eastern panhandle of West Virginia.

He, like so many of his generation, took advantage of a growing continuum of outward-looking opportunities opening up to a large segment of youth from different social and economic classes following World War II. As a result, the rites of passage associated with overcoming a hard scrabble existence, the challenges of establishing a career and family, as well as a continual search for new meaning, take him far beyond his roots in the Shenandoah Valley.

Time and again, through the succeeding decades of rapidly changing technologies, the writer draws upon his family legacy to flush out life-fulfilling events that have shaped and enriched his personal history. He takes his readers right into the mind of the many richly portrayed characters, who are brought alive, dreams, warts and all.

The Day is Far Spent
Kenneth A. Tabler
0-9773114-0-6
Adult historical nonfiction
6"x8"
403 pages, BW photos
Retail $20.00
Fall 2006

Copies are available from Montani Publishing, P. O. Box 07455, Fort Myers, Florida 33919 or via Montanipublishing.com.