The Millstone Quarries of Powell County, Kentucky

Charles D Hockensmith

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 24
• In the early nineteenth century, mills were ubiquitous, making possible dozens of indispensable items--from the bread served at every meal to the boar... Lees meer

The Bristol Sessions

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 12
• In the summer of 1927, nineteen bands gathered for a recording session in Bristol, on the Tennessee-Virginia border, including some of the most influe... Lees meer

Willard Gayheart, Appalachian Artist

Willard Gayheart, Donia S Eley

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 9
• Willard Gayheart, a pencil artist from eastern Kentucky who now lives in southwestern Virginia, presents the history, people and culture of the Appala... Lees meer

The New River Controversy, A New Edition

Thomas J Schoenbaum

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 15
• This updated edition of the 1979 original covers the landmark struggle to save the New River from damming in the 1970s. The grassroots movement emphas... Lees meer

W.R. Trivett, Appalachian Pictureman

Ralph E Lentz

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 4
• W.R. Trivett (1884-1966), a farmer born in Watauga County, North Carolina, was also a self-taught professional photographer who left behind an invalua... Lees meer

Public Health in Appalachia

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 35
• The Appalachian region of the United States sees hunger, poverty, disability, preventable illness and premature death in disproportionally high number... Lees meer

Melungeon Portraits

Tamara L Stachowicz

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 44
• At a time when concepts of racial and ethnic identity increasingly define how we see ourselves and others, the ancestry of Melungeons--a Central Appal... Lees meer

The Pond Mountain Chronicle

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 2
• Located in the area where North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee meet, Pond Mountain rises to over 4,000 feet. In its valley it holds the Pond Mountai... Lees meer

The Silent Appalachian

Vicki Sigmon Collins

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 42
• Appalachian literature is filled with silent or non-discursive characters. The reasons for their wordlessness vary. Some are mute or pretend to be, so... Lees meer

James Still in Interviews, Oral Histories and Memoirs

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 23
• One of the most admired and influential authors to work in and write about Appalachia, James Still excelled in every genre of literature in which he w... Lees meer

Appalachian Children's Literature

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 26
• This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire re... Lees meer

The Ore Knob Mine Murders

Rose M Haynes

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 33
• How could the peace and quiet of Ashe County, North Carolina (in the mountains, at the Virginia-Tennessee corner), turn into a nightmare of crime and ... Lees meer

School Segregation in Western North Carolina

Betty Jamerson Reed

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 31
• Although African Americans make up a small portion of the population of western North Carolina, they have contributed much to the area's physical and ... Lees meer

The Forest City Lynching of 1900

J Timothy Cole

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 10
• Politics in Rutherford County were heated a century ago: the developing textile industry, the growing population, an agricultural crisis and race rela... Lees meer

Southern Appalachian Poetry

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 20
• The mountain South thrives on centuries-old traditions, a fact well known to readers of Appalachian literature, which is among the richest and most ev... Lees meer

John Fox, Jr., Appalachian Author

Bill York

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 6
• John Fox, Jr., was one of the first writers to use the mountains of southwestern Virginia and eastern Kentucky as a backdrop for his stories and novel... Lees meer

Memoirs of Grassy Creek

Zetta Barker Hamby

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 1
• Born on January 5, 1907, Zetta Hamby spent much of her life in the northwestern mountains of North Carolina, keenly watching the changes in her commun... Lees meer

The Ravenscroft School in Asheville

Dale Wayne Slusser

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 32
• The Ravenscroft School, an Episcopal boarding school in Asheville, North Carolina, 1856 to 1901, had three distinct phases. It was first a "Classical ... Lees meer

The Rhetoric of Appalachian Identity

Todd Snyder

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 36
• In this work the various ways that social, economic, and cultural factors influence the identities and educational aspirations of rural working-class ... Lees meer

Asheville

Nan K Chase

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 19
• Asheville, North Carolina, grew from humble beginnings as a hamlet for local livestock handlers to become one of the most culturally and artistically ... Lees meer

Tommy Thompson

Lewis M Stern

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 46
• Tommy Thompson arrived in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 1963, smitten by folk and traditional Appalachian music. In 1972, he teamed with Bill Hicks ... Lees meer

Southern Appalachian Storytellers

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 27
• To be from Appalachia--to be at home there and to love it passionately--informs the narratives of each of the sixteen storytellers featured in this wo... Lees meer

James Still

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 17
• Best known as the author of the acclaimed novel River of Earth (1940), Alabama native James Still is one of the most critically acclaimed writers of A... Lees meer

Traditional Musicians of the Central Blue Ridge

Marty McGee

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 3
• The Central Blue Ridge, taking in the mountainous regions of northwestern North Carolina and southwestern Virginia, is well known for its musical trad... Lees meer