McCoy, VA – author, poet and songwriter. Author of The LORD, life and
the mountains and has written about the legend of Devil John of Big Stone
Gap,VA. http://philip-k-church.livejournal.com/
I consider myself to be an Appalachian/Inspirational writer. My first love is poetry and writing lyrics, but I also possess a love for writing about history ( Appalachian history, especially ). I was born, raised, and reside in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia! Within my heritage there includes my famous/infamous great, great grandfather, "Devil" John Wright, his uncle Martin VanBuren Bates, the "Kentucky Giant" ( he was 7' 11" tall & 450+ Lbs. ) - ancestors which the author, John Fox Jr., used to populate his famous novel, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," and three generations of "Moonshiners" and mountain feudists!
the mountains and has written about the legend of Devil John of Big Stone
Gap,VA. http://philip-k-church.livejournal.com/
I consider myself to be an Appalachian/Inspirational writer. My first love is poetry and writing lyrics, but I also possess a love for writing about history ( Appalachian history, especially ). I was born, raised, and reside in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia! Within my heritage there includes my famous/infamous great, great grandfather, "Devil" John Wright, his uncle Martin VanBuren Bates, the "Kentucky Giant" ( he was 7' 11" tall & 450+ Lbs. ) - ancestors which the author, John Fox Jr., used to populate his famous novel, "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," and three generations of "Moonshiners" and mountain feudists!
