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pahannock’s hollows.
But the highlights of the book have to be the tales related by Ned Johnson. A native of Rappahannock whose roots go back generations, Ned has earned local fame as a yarn spinner who knows practically everything about the good old days.
He can tell you of the champion fighting cocks that once were the pride of Sperryville, the injustices suffered by mountain people who were pushed off their land by Shenandoah National Park and how much it cost to pass through the gates on the Rappahannock toll roads.
Ned is a good listener; he remembers the stories passed down from his f ther and grandfa ier and other old timers now long gone. But much that he relates comes
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