The Trail of the Lonesome Pine: Shown here is the book cover of one of the first editions of "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," by John Fox, Jr. Big Stone Gap, Virginia: Fox moved with his family to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, where he developed an appreciation for the Appalachian Mountains, its people, and history. John Fox, Jr.: Kentucky writer, John Fox, Jr. Media Images John Fox ,Jr.: Noted novelist and Bourbon County native, John Fox, Jr. His body was brought back to his first home, Bourbon County, where he was buried in a family lot in the Paris Cemetery. He went home to Big Stone Gap, where he died on July 8. On July 3, 1919, while on a fishing trip in Virginia, Fox developed pneumonia. His 1883 passport described him as 5 feet 8 ½ inches tall, weighing 140 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes.
The "Trail of the Lonesome Pine," another million-copy success, was made into three movies and a popular outdoor drama.įox was an attractive, energetic, athletic person in spite of his poor health. "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come," the first American book to sell over a million copies, was transformed to a Broadway production twice and as a movie once. His audiences enjoyed his wit and charm and use of mountain dialects. Fox was in demand all over America and in Europe as a lecturer. Almost all of his writing became popular, which made him a celebrity and sought after speaker. During the following 27 years of his life, he wrote 45 short stories and 14 novels. Soon Fox began producing a number of short stories which led to his first novel, "Mountain Europa." On September 15, 1892, "The Saturday Evening Post" declared a new novelist had been born. Encouraged by James Lane Allen, Fox's professor at Transylvania, he began writing stories. Fox went on walking tours and mingled with the mountain people, whom he admired. In 1888, Fox moved with his family to Big Stone Gap, Virginia, where they had interests in mining and real estate. Upon returning to Bourbon County, Fox taught in his father's school and did some private tutoring. After two years at Transylvania, he entered Harvard as a sophomore and graduated cum laude, the youngest member in the class of 1883.įollowing graduation, Fox served some years as reporter for "The New York Times" and "New York Sun" but he returned home because of poor health. Fox received his first education in his father's school, Stony Point Academy. John Fox, Jr., the son of John Fox and his second wife, Minerva Carr, lived in Bourbon County with his many siblings until he entered Transylvania College in Lexington at the age of 16. Historical Marker #1141 in Bourbon County marks the birthplace of John Fox, Jr., born December 16, 1862, at Stony Point between Paris and Winchester.
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