Foxfire 7 more books like this

by Paul F Gillespie (Editor)

Appalachian art, culture, and religious heritage is included in this volume.

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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

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 ...

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No Time for Sergeants more books like this

by Mac Hyman

When the man from the draft board arrives to take country bumpkin Will Stockdale to Callville for induction into the army, Will's father chases him off. But even hastily erected barbed wire cannot prevent Uncle Sam from claiming this draftee, and soon Will is on a bus to Fort Thompson, Georgia. In the barracks, our hapless hero meets little Ben ...

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A People and Their Quilts more books like this

by John R Irwin

Quilts are a reflection of the people who made, used, and cherished them through the years. The author has interviewed hundreds of old-time quilters, some of whom were over one hundred years old. The interviews are accompanied by a rich selection of photographs. Emphasis is placed on quilts and quilters in the Southern Appalachian region, but ...

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Our Southern Highlanders more books like this

by Horace Kephart, George Ellison

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Cabins in the laurel more books like this

by Muriel E Sheppard

In 1928 New York native Muriel Earley Sheppard moved with her mining engineer husband to the Toe River Valley-an isolated pocket in North Carolina between the Blue Ridge and Iron mountains. Sheppard began visiting her neighbors and forming friendships in remote covers and rocky clearings, and in 1935 her account of life in the mountains-Cabins in ...

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Hillbillyland: What the Movies Did to the Mountains and What the Mountains Did to the Movies more books like this

by J W Williamson

The stereotypical hillbilly figure in popular culture provokes a range of responses, from bemused affection for Ma and Pa Kettle to outright fear of the mountain men in Deliverance. In Hillbillyland, J. W. Williamson investigates why hillbilly images are so pervasive in our culture and what purposes they serve. He has mined more than 800 movies, ...

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Stinking Creek. more books like this

by John Fetterman

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Mountain Voices: A Legacy of the Blue Ridge and Great Smokies more books like this

by Warren Moore

A captivating oral and pictorial history of the mountain people still living in the Blue Ridge and Great Smoky Mountains. Color and black-and-white photos.

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Mountain Homespun: A Facsimile of the Original, Published in 1931 more books like this

by Frances Louisa Goodrich, Jan Davidson (Illustrator)

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Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands more books like this

by Allen H Eaton

Only comprehensive study: log cabins, spinning, weaving, ceramics, furniture, dyeing, musical instruments, etc. Over 100 illustrations.

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Blue ridge Billy more books like this

by Lois Lenski

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Mist Over the Mountains: Appalachia and Its People more books like this

by Raymond Bial

An overview of life past and present in the geographic region known as Appalachia.

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Curing the Cross-Eyed Mule more books like this

by Loyal Jones, Billy Edd Wheeler

/Loyal Jones and Billy Edd Wheeler The more than 450 jokes included here are, like the best of Appalachian humor, dry, colorful and earthy, sometimes aimedat the mountaineer's own foibles, but often at t

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White Spirituals in the Southern Uplands: The Story of the Fasola Folk, Their Songs, Singing and Buckwheat Notes more books like this

by George Pullen Jackson

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The southern mountaineers more books like this

by Samuel Tyndale Wilson

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Lower Piedmont Country: The Uplands of the Deep South more books like this

by Herman C Nixon, Anne T Nixon, Sarah N Shouse (Illustrator)

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Southern Highlander and His Homeland more books like this

by John Creighton Campbell

In 1908 John C. Campbell was commissioned by the Russell Sage Foundation to conduct a survey of conditions in Appalachia and the aid work being done in these areas. Originally published in 1921, this text details Campbell's experiences and findings during his travels in the region.

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Spirit of the Mountains more books like this

by Emma B Miles, David E Whisnant (Translator), Roger D Abrahams (Foreword by)

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The Appalachian Photographs of Earl Palmer more books like this

by Jean Haskell Speer, Jean Haskell

" For more than fifty years mountain-born Earl Palmer traveled the Southern Appalachians with his camera, recording his personal vision of the mountain people and their heritage. Over these year he created, in several thousand photographs, a distinctive body of work that affirms a traditional image of Appalachia -- a region of great natural beauty ...

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Appalachian Odyssey: Historical Perspectives on the Great Migration more books like this

by Phillip J Obermiller (Editor), Thomas E Wagner (Editor), Edward Bruce Tucker (Editor)

One of the greatest internal migrations in American history has been the movement of the people of Appalachia to destinations all over the country. This movement (about five million in the 1950s alone) has taken place in several waves throughout the 20th century. This text explores its impact.

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Land of Saddle-Bags-Pa more books like this

by James Watt Raine, Dwight B Billings (Foreword by)

James Watt Raine provides eyewitness accounts of mountain speech and folksinging, education, religion, community, politics, and farming. In a conscious effort to dispel the negative stereotype of the drunken, slothful, gun-toting hillbilly prone to violence, Raine presents positive examples from his own experiences among the region's native ...

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Southern Mountaineers in Silent Films: Plot Synopses of Movies about Moonshining, Feuding and Other Mountain Topics, 1904-1929 more books like this

by J W Williamson

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Look Back with Love: A Recollection of the Blue Ridge more books like this

by Alberta Hannum

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Up This Hill and Down: Thoughts on Life from the Southern Appalachians more books like this

by Lee Ann Woods

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