Highlander once lived among the coal fields of east Kentucky where he became aware of the hazards confronted by coal miners, and observed that many traveled US Route 23 to find saf...view moreHighlander once lived among the coal fields of east Kentucky where he became aware of the hazards confronted by coal miners, and observed that many traveled US Route 23 to find safer, steadier work in factories. He is the author of One Wore Gray / One Wore Blue, and the grandson of immigrants from Ireland and Scotland who settled in Southwest Virginia.view less