In his day, communications by letter across the ocean were so slow and uncertain that John James and his wife, Lucy, almost lost each other in the three years when the Atlantic separated them - until he crossed the Atlantic and half the American continent to claim her. Their letters during this time are intimate, moving, and painful, and they attest to an enduring love.
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Background Information
The Appalachian Mountains are the ancient mountain range separating the Eastern seaboard from the interior of the United States. Kentucky was a state created soon after independence in the frontier across the Appalachians, bounded on the north by the Ohio River.