An Elegy for the Hillbilly Hypocrite

Uncle Vance and the politics of poverty

This is a very old copy I bought years ago in a second-hand bookstore. The titular character is unfairly vilified as a class traitor, in my opinion. (Photo by Michelle Teheux)

One would think a man who grew up in the working class, surrounded by people trapped in generational poverty, would care about the poor and would favor policies designed to help th…