Writing this leaves me a bit nostalgic. Life and Death on Troublesome Creek is a historical novel by Bordes Slone, and it takes place in the area of Troublesome Creek in southeastern Kentucky. I spent a few years in the area, graduated college there, and having the opportunity to read the novel made me take a step into my own past inside the beautiful mountains of Kentucky. The Art of Storytelling First, let me tell you about the beauty of Appalachian storytelling. Author Bordes Slone ...