The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
by John Foxliterary work· published 1908
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine is a 1908 romance novel/western novel by John Fox, Jr. The novel became Fox's most successful, and was included among the top ten list of bestselling novels for 1908 and 1909. It has been adapted many times for stage and screen. Set in the Appalachian Mountains at the turn of the twentieth century, a feud has been boiling for over thirty years between two influential mountain families, the Tollivers and the Falins. The character of Devil Judd Tolliver in the novel was based on the real life of "Devil John" Wesley Wright, a United States Marshal for the region in and around Wise County, Virginia, and Letcher County, Kentucky. The outside world and industrialization, however, are beginning to enter the area.
Adaptations (3)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine has been adapted into 3 films, from 1916 to 1936.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1916 · film · 50 min · dir. Cecil B. DeMille · IMDb ↗IMDb7.0Jack Hale, a revenue agent, is sent into the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to track down illegal alcohol producers.
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine1923 · film · 60 min · dir. Charles Maigne · IMDb ↗June Tolliver is a Kentucky mountain girl whose family is feuding with the Falins. But their differences are temporarily put on hold when revenue officer John Hale (Antonio Moreno) comes around. He falls in love with June and sends her to the city to get an education. When she returns and the feud breaks out once again, June tries to become a peacemaker between the two families.
