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Review: "Book provides insight into family, Southern Appalachia....What began as curiosity as a child about his forebears has culminated in a valuable contribution not only to Youngs everywhere but to anyone interested in the history of the Southern Mountains...While there are many pages of meticulously documented genealogy, fascinating stories fill the book with entertaining material that will interest even non-Youngs, although according to Young, 'If there's a family in the Mitchell, Avery, Yancey, and Madison area that we are not related to, I've never heard of it.'" --Michael Joslin in the Johnson City, TN, PressJoy Franklin, editorial page editor, in the February 1, 2004, Asheville Citizen-Times: "A remarkable genealogy that resulted from 45 years finding answers to his questions...But it is much more than a genealogy. It is a book filled with stories and documentation that tell the intensely personal and human side of the history of a region and how it evolved...in many ways, it is superior to a work of fiction. The people are all real and the stories are all the more compelling because of it....Our Young Family is a handsomely bound book that was published by Archer Blevins, one of the many relatives Young met while researching his family's genealogy...If your family has been in these mountains for many generations, you may well find some of your relatives among the many extended families represented here. Whether or not that is the case, anyone interested in the history of Western North Carolina will find this a wonderful resource."
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