This journey is a metaphor for what lies ahead for Christy Rudd Huddleston one that she faces with courage and fortitude.įor Christy, life in Cutter Gap is no different than if she had gone halfway around the world. Christy has never walked seven miles in her entire life, much less through such difficult conditions. Pentland, to allow her to accompany him through seven miles of snowy, mountainous backcountry. Using her powers of persuasion, she convinces the mailman, Mr. She finds herself alone in El Pano, without the greeting committee she expects. Once Christy begins her journey in January 1912, her life will never be the same. Christy's decision to leave her family and join a group of missionaries is a monumental life choice. Ferrand speak, Christy finds the desire within herself to volunteer for an entire year, joining a community of people deep in the Smoky Mountains. Prior to this great adventure, Christy's life is made up of tea parties, social calls, fashionable pointed shoes, and uncertainty about what her future holds for her. Christy Huddleston is nineteen at the opening of the story, and she has made a decision to help the people of Cutter Gap as a schoolteacher. The book, Christy, by Catherine Marshall is a fictionalized history of some of her mother's missionary experiences in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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