FROM THE ANCIENT HILLS OF APPALACHIA--STEEPED IN THE TRADITIONS OF ITS TIGHT-KNIT CLANS-TO THE NEW TERRITORY OF ALASKA SITUATED ACROSS AN ENTIRE CONTINENT, "GROWING UP ON A RED DOG ROAD" TELLS OF THE JOURNEY A YOUNG MAN UNDERTAKES AS HE SEEKS OUT PURPOSE IN LIFE. BORN IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, JIMMY MCCORMICK WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT HIS BELOVED RED DOG ROAD WOULD LEAD HIM INTO THE WILDS OF ALASKA AND ULTIMATELY INTO A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO GOD. JAMES LUTHER MCCORMICK SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ...
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FROM THE ANCIENT HILLS OF APPALACHIA--STEEPED IN THE TRADITIONS OF ITS TIGHT-KNIT CLANS-TO THE NEW TERRITORY OF ALASKA SITUATED ACROSS AN ENTIRE CONTINENT, "GROWING UP ON A RED DOG ROAD" TELLS OF THE JOURNEY A YOUNG MAN UNDERTAKES AS HE SEEKS OUT PURPOSE IN LIFE. BORN IN THE MIDST OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, JIMMY MCCORMICK WOULD HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THAT HIS BELOVED RED DOG ROAD WOULD LEAD HIM INTO THE WILDS OF ALASKA AND ULTIMATELY INTO A LIFETIME OF SERVICE TO GOD. JAMES LUTHER MCCORMICK SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR 20 YEARS, RETIRING AS A TSGT. HE OBTAINED HIS MINISTER'S LICENSE IN THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN 1953 AND HAS SERVED AS PASTOR OVER CHURCHES IN BOTH WEST VIRGINIA AND VIRGINIA. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WITH A DEGREE IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES AND, LATER, FROM LYNCHBURG COLLEGE EARNING A MASTERS IN LEARNING DISABILITIES. HE NOW RESIDES IN PRINCETON, WV WITH HIS WIFE AND SON. MELISSA DISHNER GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA WITH A BACHELOR'S IN ENGLISH AND NOW RESIDES WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN IN LASHMEET, WV.
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