Coincidentally, I've been reading Gilead, a 2004 novel by Marilynne Robinson - a Pulitzer Prize winner that Barack Obama lists as one of his favorites. The 1908 novel The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, plays an important part in Gilead.
Wikipedia says the 1913 song, "Trail of the Lonesome Pine," was a favorite of Gertrude Stein. Oh, and there were at least three movies based on the story, all titled The Trail of the Lonesome Pine.

-Joe-