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

Appalachian Fiddler Albert Hash

Malcolm L Smith, Edwin Lacy

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 47
• World-class luthier and renowned guitarist Wayne Henderson calls Albert Hash "a real folk hero." A virtuoso fiddler from the Blue Ridge, Hash built mo... Lees meer

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

Blue Ridge Parkway by Foot

Tim Pegram

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 16
• One of the premier tourist attractions of the eastern United States, the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Southern West Virginia and the Struggle for Modernity

Christopher Dorsey

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 28
• This work addresses how southern West Virginia's complex and often chaotic history still impacts key aspects of modern-day life for Mountaineers. At i... 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

Richard L. Davis and the Color Line in Ohio Coal

Frans H Doppen

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 41
• Born in Roanoke County, Virginia, on the eve of the Emancipation Proclamation, Richard L. Davis was an early mine labor organizer in Rendville, Ohio. ... Lees meer

Owsley County, Kentucky, and the Perpetuation of Poverty

John R Burch

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 18
• Owsley County, Kentucky, is well known by journalists, academics, and local historians as a quintessential example of rural poverty in Appalachia. Thi... 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

Dwight Diller

Lewis M Stern

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 39
• Dwight Hamilton Diller is a musician from West Virginia devoted to traditional Appalachian fiddle and banjo music, and a seminary-trained minister ste... Lees meer

Always Been a Rambler

Josh Beckworth

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 45
• G.B. Grayson and Henry Whitter were two of the most influential artists in the early days of country music. Songs they popularized--"Tom Dooley," "Lit... Lees meer