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The Appalachians: America's first and last frontier
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From the Book - First edition.
Part 1. The first frontier --
The land / Bill Richardson --
The landscape of the Southern Appalachians / T. Addison Richards --
Wild thing : the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest / Ted Olson --
The mountain melting pot : Appalachia's diverse ethnic and racial groups / Ted Olson --
Appalachia's Scots-Irish ancestry / John Trew --
The Civil War in Appalachia / Gordon B. McKinney --
Storytelling in Appalachia / Judy Prozzillo Byers --
Part 2. Feuds, coal, white lightning, and good ol' mountain music --
The Great Mountain Feud / Tom Robertson --
Appalachian myths and the legacy of coal / Ronald L. Lewis --
Moonshine on the mountain / Tom Robertson --
The Bristol sessions / Charles Wolfe --
The story of my family : the Carter family / Rita Forrester --
Falling in love with the Carters / Johnny Cash --
Part 3. Boom or bust --
A hillbilly timeline / Holly George-Warren --
Discoveries of the people : an introduction to the music of Appalachia / Paul Burch --
A West Virginia life / Robert C. Byrd --
Blue Kentucky girl / Martha Hume --
Readin', writin', and Route 21 : the road from West Virginia to Ohio / David Giffels --
My West Virginia / Alan B. Mollohan --
Part 4. Memories : keeping the spirit in the modern world --
The trunk in the attic / Gary Carden --
Black Mountain breakdown / Lee Smith --
Killing our hills : the devastation of mountaintop removal / Vivian Stockman --
Fighting for my Appalachian home / Julia Bonds --
Religion in Appalachia : examples of the diversity / Howard Dorgan --
Preaching to the chickens / Gary Carden --
The Jolo Church of the Lord Jesus / Shannon Bell --
The picture man / Shelby Lee Adams --
The quare gene / Tony Earley --
Full circle / Edwin Sweeney --
The train passes through but doesn't stop / Jason Ringenberg.
From the Book
The land / Bill Richardson
The landscape of the Southern Appalachians / T. Addison Richards
Wild thing : the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest / Ted Olson
The mountain melting pot : Appalachia's diverse ethnic and racial groups / Ted Olson
Appalachia's Scots-Irish ancestry / John Trew
The Civil War in Appalachia / Gordon B. McKinney
Storytelling in Appalachia / Judy Prozzillo Byers
The Great Mountain Feud / Tom Robertson
Appalachian myths and the legacy of coal / Ronald L. Lewis
Moonshine on the mountain / Tom Robertson
The Bristol sessions / Charles Wolfe
The story of my family : the Carter family / Rita Forrester
Falling in love with the Carters / Johnny Cash
A hillbilly timeline / Holly George-Warren
Discoveries of the people : an introduction to the music of Appalachia / Paul Burch
A West Virginia life / Robert C. Byrd
Blue Kentucky girl / Martha Hume
Readin', writin', and Route 21 : the road from West Virginia to Ohio / David Giffels
My West Virginia / Alan B. Mollohan
The trunk in the attic / Gary Carden
Black Mountain breakdown / Lee Smith
Killing our hills : the devastation of mountaintop removal / Vivian Stockman
Fighting for my Appalachian home / Julia Bonds
Religion in Appalachia : examples of the diversity / Howard Dorgan
Preaching to the chickens / Gary Carden
The Jolo Church of the Lord Jesus / Shannon Bell
The picture man / Shelby Lee Adams
The quare gene / Tony Earley
Full circle / Edwin Sweeney
The train passes through but doesn't stop / Jason Ringenberg.
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9781935978961
9781400061860
9781400061860
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