{"product_id":"blue-ridge-born-the-story-dianna-aubin-9798232610067","title":"Blue Ridge Born The Story of Aunt Orlean Puckett","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a quiet ridge high in the Blue Ridge Mountains, a small, determined woman changed the lives of generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in the early 1830s and shaped by hardship, loss, and the rugged world around her, Aunt Orlean Puckett became one of Appalachia's most revered midwives. Though she never raised a child of her own, she delivered more than a thousand babies across Patrick and Carroll Counties; walking miles through snowstorms, darkness, and wilderness with nothing but a lantern, her shawl, and an unshakable sense of duty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom her humble cabin on Puckett Ridge, Orlean served mothers for more than seven decades, comforting the fearful, guiding the laboring, and offering the strength of someone who understood sorrow deeply and compassion even more. She never accepted payment, never turned away a call, and never lost a mother under her care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her final winter, nearly a century old, she set out on one last journey; walking through bitter cold to help another woman bring life into the world. She never reached the cabin where she was needed, but her legacy lived on in every child she delivered, every family she touched, and every story whispered along the mountain trails she walked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with mountain history, intimate storytelling, and the quiet heroism of a forgotten era, this biography honors a woman whose courage, resilience, and service shaped the Blue Ridge for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAunt Orlean did not seek recognition; but time has remembered her anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dianna Aubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798232610067\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dianna Aubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/22\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"Dianna Aubin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48520160280831,"sku":"9798232610067","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5a22b15-ce53-41e8-8362-0743f2bded1a.jpg?v=1778741113","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-ridge-born-the-story-dianna-aubin-9798232610067","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}