Complex sentence: James Still (July 16,1906--April 28,2001) was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist who lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky.
Split into simpler sentences: James Still (July 16,1906--April 28,2001) was an Appalachian poet, novelist and folklorist. He lived most of his life in a log house along the Dead Mare Branch of Little Carr Creek, Knott County, Kentucky.