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1	A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist Bill Bryson, known in England as "the funniest travel writer alive," returns to the States and walks the Appalachian Trail, starting in Hanover, New Hampshire. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	She Walks These Hills more books like this by Sharyn McCrumb add to wishlist In the Appalachian community of Dark Hollow, Tennessee some believe the hills are still haunted by a woman kidnapped 200 years ago by the Shawnee. When a convicted murderer escapes from prison and heads home to the wife who divorced him, policewoman Martha Ayres must put superstitions to rest and stop the real flesh-and-blood predator before he ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon more books like this by Stephen King add to wishlist Trisha McFarland, a 9-year-old Red Sox fan, accidentally gets separated from her mother and brother while hiking on the Appalachian Trail. As she wanders the wilderness trying to find her way back, her only companions are the baseball games that she hears on her Walkman and, with her batteries running low and her paranoia running high, a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia more books like this by Dennis Covington add to wishlist Journalist Dennis Covington documents the case of Glenn Summerford, arrested and tried for murdering his wife with rattlesnakes. On Sand Mountain, Covington found he discovered the similarities between himself and the devotees of snake-handling, strychnine-drinking religions so quickly it was disturbing to him. This book was voted by the "Voice ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Foxfire 7 more books like this by Paul F Gillespie (Editor) add to wishlist Appalachian art, culture, and religious heritage is included in this volume. see all copies from $8.98! new only from $10.96! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Our southern highlanders : a narrative of adventure in the southern Appalachians and a study of life among the mountaineers more books like this by Horace Kephart add to wishlist This narrative of adventure in the southern Appalachians and study of the mountaineer life first appeared in 1913, becoming arguably the most significant book ever published about the Southern Mountains. Kephart's fascination with outdoor life and his interest in this mountainous region became his avocation -- he wrote numerous magazine articles ... see all copies from $20.00! new only from $20.69! \| SVS
7	Ballad of Frankie Silver more books like this by Sharyn McCrumb add to wishlist When he is asked to witness the execution of a young man found guilty of a double murder, Tennessee Sheriff Spencer Arrowood is reminded of a convicted murderer hanged in 1833. But like the long-ago trial and hanging of Frankie Silver, this new case seems far less clear-cut than the judge and jury believe it to be. Will Sheriff Arrowood witness ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.84! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	A Walk in the Woods more books like this by Bill Bryson add to wishlist From the author of "Notes from a Small Island" and "The Lost Continent" comes this humorous report on his walk along the Appalachian Trail. The Trail covers 14 states and over 2000 miles, and stretches along the east coast of America from Maine in the north to Georgia in the south. It is famous for being the longest continuous footpath in the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.23! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Icy Sparks more books like this by Gwyn Hyman Rubio add to wishlist Set in 1956, this is the story of Icy, a 10-year-old girl with Tourette's syndrome who has been raised in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky by her grandparents. She does her best to hide the jerks and spasms brought on by her disorder, but the other kids call her the "Frog Child", and eventually Icy is sent to a children's asylum. Upon her return, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	My Great-Aunt Arizona more books like this by Gloria Houston add to wishlist Arizona was born in the mountains and, as a school-teacher, she filled children's heads with curiosity about the far-off places she would never see. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Night comes to the Cumberlands, a biography of a depressed area. more books like this by Harry M. Caudill add to wishlist At the time it was written, Night Comes to the Cumberlands framed an urgent appeal to the American Conscience. Today it details Appalachia's difficult past, and at the same time, presents an accurate historical backdrop for a contemporary understanding of the Appalachian region. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $13.04! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Foxfire 11 more books like this by Foxfire Fund Inc, Kaye Carver Collins (Editor), Lacy Hunter (Editor) add to wishlist Continuing the tradition begun in the acclaimed series of "Foxfire" books first published in 1972, the eleventh book includes articles on wild plant uses, gardening wit and wisdom, beekeeping, tool making, fishing, and more affairs of plain living. see all copies from $10.75! new only from $10.75! \| SVS
13 view cover	Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery more books like this by Linda Garland Page (Editor), Eliot Wigginton (Editor) add to wishlist More than simply a cookbook, "The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Cookery" combines more that 500 unpretentious, delectable recipes with the wit and wisdom of the southern Appalachian people. see all copies from $11.19! new only from $11.19! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Jack Tales more books like this by Richard Chase add to wishlist Handed down from one storyteller to another for generations in the Southern Appalachians, each folktale in this collection centers on a single colorful character, the irrepressible Jack. Black-and-white illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Silver Packages more books like this by Cynthia Rylant, Chris K Soentpiet (Illustrator) add to wishlist In Appalachia each Christmas, a boy named Frankie waits beside the tracks for the Christmas Train, which will bring presents to the children who live in coal towns and hollows. Year after year, Frankie hopes that one particular gift a very special gift will be tossed to him from that train. It is this enduring hope that will guide him to the true ... see all copies from $4.97! new only from $6.76! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Hotel Paradise more books like this by Martha Grimes add to wishlist A twelve year old girl becomes obsessed in the drowning of a small child in a neglected lake near Hotel Paradise forty years previously, and starts to piece together some of the events surrounding the tragedy which no-one has been able to explain. From the author of THE END OF THE PIER. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Walking the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Larry Luxenberg add to wishlist Maret is one of the dozens of Appalachian Trail thru-hikers whose fascinating accounts appear in this book. Their experiences are presented by topic and include useful information on food, equipment, surprises, friendships, mental challenges, spiritual awakenings, and adjustment to life after the trail. This unique study offers fresh insight into ... see all copies from $3.98! new only from $3.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Long-Distance Hiking: Lessons from the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Roland Mueser, Mueser Roland add to wishlist "The definitive guide to long-distance backpacking. With diligence and creativity, Mueser has gone about answering questions that no one else has even asked. Virtually all the material appears nowhere else and will delight both experienced hikers and the novice with only a dream of setting foot down the trail." - Larry Luxenber, author of "Walking ... see all copies from $4.93! new only from $7.62! \| SVS
19 view cover	Oral history more books like this by Lee Smith add to wishlist "The best novel so far by a writer whose growth has been steady and sure . . . . [Oral History] tells the story of the Cantrell family and the odd curse that its members believe to have hung over them. It is a tale that begins in the late 19th century with Granny Younger, the midwife, and continues well into the 20th century through several ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, & Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking more books like this by Joseph Earl Dabney add to wishlist Named Cookbook of the Year (1999) by the James Beard Foundation. see all copies from $7.96! new only from $14.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Backpacker Magazine's Guide to the Appalachian Trail more books like this by Jim Chase add to wishlist Whether you are just setting out for a day hike or are planning to trek all the way from Maine to Georgia, "Backpacker Magazine's Guide to the Appalachian Trail" is the definitive guide to the most famous footpath in the nation. Drawing on up-to-the-minute reports from hikers all along the length of the trail, it provides detailed descriptions of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	Hunter's Horn more books like this by Harriette Louisa Simpson Arnow add to wishlist Michigan State University Press is proud to announce the re-release Harriette Simpson Arnow's 1949 novel Hunter's Horn, a work that Joyce Carol Oates called "our most unpretentious American masterpiece". In Hunter's Horn, Arnow has written the quintessential account of Kentucky hill people -- the quintessential novel of Southern Appalachian ... see all copies from $2.50! new only from $36.76! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Survivors more books like this by Dinah McCall add to wishlist When their plane goes down in the Appalachian mountains, five-year-old Johnny O'Ryan and Molly Cifelli survive, but they are soon on the run from a killer. Meanwhile, psychic Deborah Sanborn helps Johnny's father, Mike O'Ryan, with the search. Original. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Foxfire 9 more books like this by Eliot Wigginton add to wishlist The newest entry in the Foxfire publishing phenomenon--which all totalled has sold over 7 million books to date--continues the bestselling tradition with an all-new collection of home-folk material that promotes a more self-sufficient way of life. Black-and-white photographs throughout. see all copies from $8.08! new only from $10.38! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Appalachian Wilderness: The Great Smoky Mountains more books like this by Eliot Porter add to wishlist Eliot Porter supplies the photographs and Edward Abbey tells the sad story of the land's deterioration in this tribute to the monumental beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, first published in 1970. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.99! \| signed copies \| first editions

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