Spanning three lives and multiple generations, Threads is the autobiographical retelling of a century's worth of family. It covers the experiences of Bina Norris Orr, her son John Robinson "Dodge" Orr, and Dodge's wife, Pearl Sheppard Orr. It details their joys and tragedies, their blessings and hardships, and the stories that shaped them and their loved ones as they roamed between western North Carolina and the mountains of Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Whether you're a Norris, Orr, or Sheppard family member seeking to learn about your background or a historian interested in an unrefined but honest look at life in the Middle Appalachians between the 1870s and 1980s, you'll be touched by the lives these three inspiring individuals shared within the pages of their journals, now compiled together in this book.