The Enduring Hills Author:Janice Holt Giles This is written about the Kentucky Mountain Country and the story of Hod Pierce, who grows up on Piney Ridge; he longs to know the world outside. War comes and Hod leaves the Ridge and it is a long time before he comes back. When the war is over, Hod settles in the city, takes a job, and marries, but his heart is back in Piney Ridge.