Download or read book Bright Wings to Fly written by Bruce Hopkins and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historians have largely ignored the role of Eastern Kentuckians in the Civil War, and the effect of the war on mountain communities. Bruce Hopkins corrects that oversight in BRIGHT WINGS TO FLY. Here he relates the fierce struggles of the families of Greasy Creek, broken and in poverty, as they deal with the Civil War and its aftermath.