The Jucklins

This is a novel. The Jucklins is an 1896 novel by Opie Read. The story is set in the backwoods of North Carolina. Teacher Bill Hawes lives with the Jucklins, a local farming family, including father Lim Jucklin, daughter Guinea and son Alf. The novel was also adapted for the stage, and a version adapted by Daniel Hart debuted in Louisville, Kentucky in January 1897.