The Saints of Swallow Hill

The book ‘The Saints of Swallow Hill’ is written by Donna Everhart. ‘The Saints of Swallow Hill’ is a Depression-era historical fiction novel and the story is set in the turpentine camps and pine forests of the American South. As the story goes, turpentiners in the dense pine forests of North Carolina hack into tree trunks harshly causing the sticky juice to leak out, giving Tar Heel State its nickname.