A Son of the Hills

Set in a small mountain hollow, the story follows Sandy Morley, a young laborer whose encounters with a visiting woman doctor open prospects for education and a different life. The arrival of the outsider exposes local suspicion, entrenched poverty, moonshining, and old family pride surrounding the Walden Great House. As Sandy pursues work and learning, friendships and rivalries complicate his hopes; Cynthia Walden reacts to his ambitions with mixed feelings, while the doctor seeks to help and to assert herself amid conservative neighbors. The narrative traces social change, personal aspiration, and community resistance in a rural hill community.