{"id":2781,"date":"2023-09-01T20:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-02T00:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2781"},"modified":"2023-09-01T08:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T12:24:30","slug":"the-savant-of-rhea-county-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=2781","title":{"rendered":"The Savant of Rhea County, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alvin Goins was a hard worker who, like many Appalachian men of his time, never finished school and was unable to read or write.\u00a0 That never stopped him from getting work as a laborer in and around his home of Rhea County, Tennessee.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Mr. Goins was a little bit different.<\/p>\n<p>He was a mathematical genius, able to look at a pile of block, bricks and lumber and calculate in his head, almost to the last piece of wood, how much material would be needed to do the job.<\/p>\n<p>Today we tell his story.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast. 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