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Author : Tim Hewitt
Publisher : myOstrich Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Appalachian Trail Myths written by Tim Hewitt and published by myOstrich Press. This book was released on 2016-12-02 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tim Hewitt
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781540687401
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (874 download)
Download or read book Appalachian Trail Myths written by Tim Hewitt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains two short stories, inspired by my experiences thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine. The first tells of the Ugalu, a Cherokee Nation spirit-beast and how it was instrumental in the creation of the balds in the Southern Appalachians. The second is a tale of Pamola, the Penobscot Nation demon-beast who inhabits the summit of Mount Katahdin, the Northern Terminus of the Appalachian Trail in Maine. Both of these stories are included as bonus material in my previously published book; Take a Hike! A long walk on the Appalachian Trail. They are duplicated here for anyone who wishes to read them without reading the story of my thru-hike.
Author : Jason Kent
Publisher : Free Reign Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Legends and Stories written by Jason Kent and published by Free Reign Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legends and Stories: From the Appalachian Trail is the inaugural installment in Jason Kent's Legends series, serving as a gateway to a mesmerizing world where nature's grandeur intertwines seamlessly with the tapestry of folklore and mythology embedded in the Appalachian landscape. Born and raised in North Carolina, Kent's intimate familiarity and deep respect for these majestic terrains breathe life into the pages, crafting a reading experience that is both enlightening and enthralling. The book unfolds with Kent guiding readers along the whispering trails of the Appalachian Mountains, unveiling a realm where each dawn paints a new story and each dusk conceals an ancient legend. With an adept hand, Kent weaves tales handed down through generations with those that have sprouted from the contemporary consciousness, creating a mosaic that is as diverse and harmonious as the Appalachian biosphere itself. Kent introduces readers to enigmatic figures shadowing the trail - spectral presences guarding sacred groves, mythical creatures lurking in the unseen corners of the forest, and humans whose lives have been irrevocably entwined with the whispering winds and silent stones of the Appalachians. These characters, though birthed from fantasy and imagination, are rendered with a sensitivity and realism that entice readers to suspend disbelief and embrace the magical. Each chapter of Legends and Stories: From the Appalachian Trail is a journey in itself, leading readers through misty valleys and over towering peaks, pausing at campsites imbued with the echoes of laughter and contemplation of hikers past. Kent's prose invites readers to feel the crunch of leaves underfoot, inhale the fragrance of pine in the air, and perhaps, perceive the subtle shift in the atmosphere as the boundary between reality and legend blurs. Beyond being a mere collection of tales, Kent's work is also a tribute to the Appalachian Trail's transformative power. Through the ebb and flow of the narratives, readers will discern the trail's silent influence over the lives of those who seek its refuge, offering solace, insight, and perhaps, a glimpse into the unfathomable depth of the human soul mirrored in the wilderness. Legends and Stories: From the Appalachian Trail beckons not only to enthusiasts of mythology and folklore but also to lovers of nature and adventure. In its pages, Jason Kent extends an open invitation to all, to step into a world where the mundane meets the extraordinary, where each sunset promises a tale untold, and where the ancient Appalachian Trail awaits to share its stories, in whispers and roars, with those willing to listen and believe.
Author : Kenneth Murray
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9780932807946
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Paths of the Ancients... Appalachia written by Kenneth Murray and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume leads the reader through a rich collection of Native American myths, pioneer legends, observations of early travelers, and historical narratives of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, along landscapes that have inspired wayfarers for unknown centuries. The rich, full-color photographs beckon to the region’s natural areas and embrace the enfolding serenity of deep forests, cascading streams, and uplifting vistas that recall the spiritual quests of ancestors who viewed the Appalachian Mountains as a sacred land to be treated with reverence and awe.
Author : Gerald Milnes
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781572335776
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (357 download)
Download or read book Signs, Cures, & Witchery written by Gerald Milnes and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The persecution of Old World German Protestants and Anabaptists in the seventeenth century--following debilitating wars, the Reformation, and the Inquisition-- brought about significant immigration to America. Many of the immigrants, and their progeny, settled in the Appalachian frontier. Here they established a particularly old set of religious beliefs and traditions based on a strong sense of folk spirituality. They practiced astrology, numerology, and other aspects of esoteric thinking and left a legacy that may still be found in Appalachian folklore today. Based in part on the author's extensive collection of oral histories from the remote highlands of West Virginia, Signs, Cures, and Witchery; German Appalachian Folklore describes these various occult practices, symbols, and beliefs; how they evolved within New World religious contexts; how they arrived on the Appalachian frontier; and the prospects of those beliefs continuing in the contemporary world. By concentrating on these inheritances, Gerald C. Milnes draws a larger picture of the German influence on Appalachia. Much has been written about the Anglo-Celtic, Scots-Irish, and English folkways of the Appalachian people, but few studies have addressed their German cultural attributes and sensibilities. Signs, Cures, and Witchery sheds startling light on folk influences from Germany, making it a volume of tremendous value to Appalachian scholars, folklorists, and readers with an interest in Appalachian folklife and German American studies.
Author : J. R. Tate
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (141 download)
Download or read book Walkin' with the Ghost Whisperers written by J. R. Tate and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristen Puckett
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365689808
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (656 download)
Download or read book app-UH-latch-UH: Myths and Monsters written by Kristen Puckett and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep within the foggy mountains and lush forests of Appalachia, mysterious creatures lurk. These abnormal, fantastical, and extraterrestrial beasts have inspired hundreds of stories throughout the region, some dating back to the early 19th century. Most of these legends are still recounted to this day. Storytelling is an essential aspect of Appalachian culture. ""App-UH-latch-UH: Myths and Monsters"" (named after the locals' pronunciation of the word) is a book dedicated to the culture, its people, and its traditions. App-UH-latch-UH is a whimsically illustrated book about monsters from the Appalachian region, but also serves as a highly-detailed coloring book built for hours of entertainment. View and learn about local monsters like Mothman, Wampus Cat, and the Snallygaster through 35 full-page coloring pages, 6 regional maps (featuring documented wildlife), 1 mini coloring page, and a short story about each in a softcover, 100 pg. book.
Author : Tristan Perry
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781571664983
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (649 download)
Download or read book Ghostly Legends of the Appalachian Trail written by Tristan Perry and published by . This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Appalachian Magazine
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781726866231
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (662 download)
Download or read book Appalachian Magazine's Mountain Superstitions, Ghost Stories & Haint Tales: A Collection of Memories & Commentaries from the Mountains of Appalachia written by Appalachian Magazine and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Debra Smith
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811705986
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Great Stories of Hiking the Appalachian Trail written by Debra Smith and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories of the original trailblazers and the first thruhikers. Reprinted from the out-of-print Rodale 2-volume Hiking the Appalachian Trail (1975). New foreword by Dave Startzell, executive director of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Author : J. R. Tate
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811745449
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Walkin' with the Ghost Whisperers written by J. R. Tate and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three-time thru-hiker J. R. Tate explores the traditions and lore of the Appalachian Trail.
Author : Jerry Owen
Publisher : Andborough Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780977418169
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (181 download)
Download or read book Voices of Our Mountain Kin written by Jerry Owen and published by Andborough Pub. This book was released on 2007-07-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 2 of Voices of Our Mountain Kin, continues with more of the legends, folk tales and memories of our heritage in the Blue Ridge, Balsam and Great Smoky Mountains that you enjoyed reading in the first volume. You'll experience the hardships of pioneer living and the struggle to survive and prosper in the early days of the Southern Appalachia. Family stories will lead you through clearing virgin forest and breaking ground for the first homesteads, impacts of the Civil War, mountain medicines, midwives and healing, to more recent, modern times.
Author : Kathryn Fulton
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811746127
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Hikers' Stories from the Appalachian Trail written by Kathryn Fulton and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of highlights from twenty-one Appalachian Trail blogs.
Author : Larry D. Thacker
Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570723162
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (231 download)
Download or read book Mountain Mysteries written by Larry D. Thacker and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A near-obsessive pursuit of ghost stories and odd superstitions cranks up this serious study of Appalachian tales of the supernatural and their origin in both old-world customs and real historical events. An effort to preserve and record one aspect of a dying way of life, the book relies on interviews and historic documents to search for the facts behind local lore of murder, witchcraft, and weird hauntings. Several campfire-worthy ghost stories are recounted in their entirety—including "The Swinging Gate of Fern Lake Hollow"—and an unexpectedly large number of stories about aliens and UFOs provide an interesting comparison of three-century-old mysteries and those stirred up in comparatively recent times
Author : Darkness Prevails
Publisher : Wellfleet
ISBN 13 : 1577154401
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (771 download)
Download or read book Appalachian Folklore Unveiled written by Darkness Prevails and published by Wellfleet. This book was released on 2024-10-08 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Told by master storytellers Darkness Prevails and Carman Carrion, Appalachian Folklore Unveiled unveils the mysteries behind Appalachian folklore, ghosts, creepy creatures, superstitions, and omens, walking the reader through a little-known land of magic and lore that stretches from Canada to the Southern United States.
Author : Wilbur G Marsh
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (612 download)
Download or read book Old and New Southern Appalachian Urban Legends, Tales, and Monsters written by Wilbur G Marsh and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The folktales and urban legends of the southern Appalachian Mountains are unique, changing with the cultures that carried the tales to the foothills. This book examines the most popular and more obscure of these stories, including often overlooked stories from the black community. Thanks to TikTok, message boards, podcasts, and YouTube videos, there's been renewed interest in certain indigenous Cherokee tales, which are included here, as well as some of the newer Appalachian folklore that have gained popularity due to these communities, including feral people, dogman, the Appalachian wendigo, and the Appalachian skinwalker. It doesn't, however, include localized folklore such as the Hopkinsville goblins, Loveland frogman, Flatwoods monster, mothman, Ohio grassman, sheepsquatch, thunderbirds, the moon-eyed people, snallygaster, dwayyo, Maryland goatman, lizardman of Scape Ore Swamp, etc., as those tales are area-specific, and don't spread throughout the Smokey Mountains like many others.
Author : J. D. Vance
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062872257
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)
Download or read book Hillbilly Elegy written by J. D. Vance and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING AMY ADAMS, GLENN CLOSE, AND GABRIEL BASSO "You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal "Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.
