Gayle Compton may be the only politically correct writer working in Appalachia. He is not impressed by the rich and famous. He writes about the most interesting and most misunderstood people in America, the common people of Eastern Kentucky–his people, from the hard-working to the bare-assed and proud. Son of

The people in the photograph were: [Far Left]  BENJAMIN FRANKLIN JOHNSON, better known as B.F., was a storekeeper who lived on Long Fork of Shelby Creek.  He was chosen by the businessmen in the party for his detailed knowledge of the region’s topography and its people. [Second from Left]  Probably