George Scarbrough, Appalachian Poet

Randy Mackin

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 29
• A writer's writer, East Tennessee poet and novelist George Scarbrough enjoyed a career that spanned eight decades and included numerous awards. This b... 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

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

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

Tales from Sacred Wind

Cratis D Williams

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 8
• Prior to his death in 1985, Cratis Williams was a leading scholar of and spokesperson for Appalachian life and literature and a pioneer of the Appalac... 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

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

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

The Brown Mountain Lights

Wade Edward Speer

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 40
• Mysterious nighttime lights near Brown Mountain in North Carolina's Pisgah National Forest have intrigued locals and visitors for more than a century.... 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 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

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

Writers by the River

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 51
• The Highland Summer Writing Conference (HSC), held each summer along the banks of the ancient New River at Radford University's Selu Conservancy, brin... 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

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

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

A Hospital for Ashe County

Janet C Pittard

• Hardcover | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 38
• When Ashe County Memorial Hospital opened in November 1941, it was the realization of a dream for the poor, sparsely populated county in the mountains... Lees meer

African American and Cherokee Nurses in Appalachia

Phoebe Ann Pollitt

• Paperback | Engels | Contributions to Southern Appalachian Studies | nr. 37
• Few career opportunities were available to minority women in Appalachia in the first half of the 20th century. Nursing offered them a respected, relat... 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

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 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

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

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