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Out Of The Red Brush (Special Edition, A National Bestseller by Kermit Daugherty) ReviewTruth can sometimes sting pretty fiercely for folks who have engaged in dubious behavior -- especially when such acts become entombed for all eternity within the pages of a novel, available for the whole world to read. While not actually written as any sort of exposé, the immediate fallout from this upbeat and often humorous tale was still locally marked.
This book was first published in 1954 and generated a bounty of controversy amongst the locals of southern Jackson County, Ohio (most likely because it was essentially all true.) The story details do not reflect kindly upon some of the characters who were clearly drawn from actual residents. And I must regretfully point out that it naturally followed that the late author Kermit Daugherty (1904-1970), formerly a local school superintendent, was urged to resign his position as a result. Of course we have seen similar small-minded responses to literary veracity, both before and since, in the cases of both Jesse Stuart's hilarious Taps for Private Tussie (1943) and perhaps more prominently in Grace Metalious's Peyton Place (1956.) There are numerous additional examples.
This rambling tale is chiefly expressive of youth and a spot on reflection of growing up in Appalachia. My own ancestors resided throughout the Hamilton Township district since before Ohio became a state (1803) -- I find it quite plausible that some of them might well have gotten pulled into Daugherty's fine book. I live not far from there now.
The setting for the story was dubbed The Red Brush region due to the spectacular Autumn colors which once pervaded this rolling landscape, chiefly pioneer flora such as sassafras, sourwood, and the diminutive sumac trees which readily emerged as the canopy of oak and hickory were stripped away for use in the nearby iron-smelting furnaces (mainly located in bordering Lawrence County, Ohio, just to the south.) The time period falls somewhere during the early 1900s.
This first-person account features the youthful life experiences of protagonist Bill Brennan and his numerous peers with an occasional eye to the more colorful adult characters of the region. Boys will be boys and Bill and his pals engage in every sort of raucous pastoral recreation (most of which I myself experienced many years later!), and some of which might not seem all that palatable to those of politically correct sensibilities... but still, this was the actuality. The people of The Red Brush region lived in poverty which is what we always find when outside financial interests desecrate a particular landscape as they exploit whatever human and natural resources which can be gleaned at a low cost and a high profit.
Much of the story focuses upon young love, personal hardship (but not in a complaining way), and day-to-day cultural activities (school, church, home life, etc.) These social amenities diverged little from place to place throughout that historical era of the 13-state Appalachian designation and some of these cultural caveats still prevail even today.
What I actually liked most about the book was that the author maintained a genuine feel for the society and the land in every respect. Some folks will initially experience difficulty in reading the work as the author rendered the entirety of the text in the local period vernacular; however, it's fairly easy to pick up the rhythm and flow of the words as one progresses along in the story.
Don't look for symbolism, metaphor, or any other literary device here - this is a straight-forward story. An active reader can devour this one easily over the course of two evenings (251 pages.) I'm not at all surprised that the work achieved a national bestseller status (number three) in the year of its publication.
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