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Book Synopsis In the Shadows of the Appalachians by : Cowboy Loop
Download or read book In the Shadows of the Appalachians written by Cowboy Loop and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was first in my thoughts for these writings to be viewed by my children and grand children. But I was compelled to set my memories, experiences, thoughts, hopes, and dreams for all youth of today's fast world. If you were raised in rural back woods, do not forget the beauty of the landscape and all living things that mother nature has blessed upon you. If you were raised in or near the city, make yourself a promise to visit rural America. Climb our mountains, explore our fields and streams, smell the vegetation, study our wildlife and you will become complete. When you think you are at the end of your rope, look to yourself for strength and guidance. You may be the wisest counselor you know.
Book Synopsis The Shadows of Appalachia by : Mary O. Bremier
Download or read book The Shadows of Appalachia written by Mary O. Bremier and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1928, Mary Bremier has a remarkably keen eye, both for the beauty of her natural world and for the telling details of human frailty. The Shadows of Appalachia has a deft, musical voice that recalls the regional dialect as well as the songs, sayings, and prayers that shaped her Depression-era childhood. Her gentle irony lays bare the mindset of her hardworking, proud, ignorant, doomed-to-failure, beloved Appalachian family. The Appalachian culture, the same subject as Hillbilly Elegy, is expanded upon in The Shadows of Appalachia with empathy, a rich cast of characters, and some laugh-out-loud humor. The action and setting have similarities to Little House on the Prairie, although it is more nuanced and at times dark, with adult themes. This is a book about the power of language, and how education offers a route out and away from the limitations of narrow-mindedness. Young Mary, silenced and shamed by her mother, is also crippled by dyslexia. Her unconventional education results in her facile, engaging ability to play with words, and reveals how Mary ultimately thrives. After the tragic loss of her husband and young daughter, Mary returns to Appalachia to resolve her conflict with her painful past, her family's shortcomings, and the death of a way of life.
Book Synopsis Shadows on the Appalachian Trail by : Bobbie Jean
Download or read book Shadows on the Appalachian Trail written by Bobbie Jean and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In the Shadow of the Valley by : Bobi Conn
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Valley written by Bobi Conn and published by Little a. This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobi Conn was raised in a remote Kentucky holler in 1980s Appalachia. This memoir presents her account of survival despite being born poor, female, and cloistered in the Appalachian region.
Download or read book The Appalachians written by Molly Aloian and published by . This book was released on 2011-08-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Appalachian Valley, a major landform of the Appalachian mountains, played an important role in the early history of the United States. This fascinating book describes the geological makeup and history of the mountain ranges that form the Appalachians, and the people in the United States and Canada who live in their shadows.
Download or read book The Appalachians written by Molly Aloian and published by Mountains Around the World. This book was released on 2011-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Appalachian Valley, a major landform of the Appalachian mountains, played an important role in the early history of the United States. This fascinating book describes the geological makeup and history of the mountain ranges that form the Appalachians, and the people in the United States and Canada who live in their shadows.
Book Synopsis Ghost Stories of the Appalachians by : Susan Smitten
Download or read book Ghost Stories of the Appalachians written by Susan Smitten and published by Ghost House Books. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the mysterious shadows of the Appalachian Mountains, ghosts linger long after their bodies have been put to rest. This old, eroded mountain chain stretches from northern Alabama in the south all the way to Maine in the northeast. Veteran ghost writer Susan Smitten has written a spine-tingling collection of tales to thrill and entertain: - in Tryon, North Carolina, a woman's great-grandmother continues to watch over her family from beyond the grave - East Tennessee State University has been called the most haunted campus in the southern United States the old lunatic asylum in Weston, West Virginia, is a ghost hunter's paradise - old habits die hard--or don't die at all--for the founder of the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia ...and more, from all over the Appalachians.
Book Synopsis In the Shadow of the Bush by : Percy Amaury Talbot
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Bush written by Percy Amaury Talbot and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Eerie Appalachia: Smiling Man Indrid Cold, the Jersey Devil, the Legend of Mothman and More by : Mark Muncy and Kari Schultz
Download or read book Eerie Appalachia: Smiling Man Indrid Cold, the Jersey Devil, the Legend of Mothman and More written by Mark Muncy and Kari Schultz and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-06 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gear up for a frightful jaunt into the darkest reaches of the ancient Appalachians. Folk deep within Appalachian hollers lean close to share stories of the inexplicable with hushed awe. Monsters rumbling in the hills. Strange lights darting through the pitch-black night sky. Horrible occurrences, almost ineffable in their bizarre tragedy. "Tall tales," you might say. But tell that to the Flatwoods monster in Braxton County, West Virginia. Or the Goat Man of Louisville--look into his humanoid eyes and let him know you don't believe. And what of those apparitions in Mammoth Cave's Corpse Rock, or the Satan-spawn known as the Jersey Devil? How do you respond when those mysteries confront? From metaphysical energy that swirls near the Serpent Mound in Ohio to Point Pleasant's Mothman legacy, Mark Muncy and Kari Schultz explore the dark history lurking in the shadows of Appalachia..
Book Synopsis The United States of Appalachia by : Jeff Biggers
Download or read book The United States of Appalachia written by Jeff Biggers and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2007-03-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few places in the United States confound and fascinate Americans like Appalachia, yet no other area has been so markedly mischaracterized by the mass media. Stereotypes of hillbillies and rednecks repeatedly appear in representations of the region, but few, if any, of its many heroes, visionaries, or innovators are ever referenced. Make no mistake, they are legion: from Anne Royall, America's first female muckraker, to Sequoyah, a Cherokee mountaineer who invented the first syllabary in modern times, and international divas Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, as well as writers Cormac McCarthy, Edward Abbey, and Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck, Appalachia has contributed mightily to American culture — and politics. Not only did eastern Tennessee boast the country's first antislavery newspaper, Appalachians also established the first District of Washington as a bold counterpoint to British rule. With humor, intelligence, and clarity, Jeff Biggers reminds us how Appalachians have defined and shaped the United States we know today.
Book Synopsis Appalachians All by : Mark T. Banker
Download or read book Appalachians All written by Mark T. Banker and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2010-12-30 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A singular achievement. Mark Banker reveals an almost paradoxical Appalachia that trumps all the stereotypes. Interweaving his family history with the region’s latest scholarship, Banker uncovers deep psychological and economic interconnections between East Tennessee’s ‘three Appalachias’—its tourist-laden Smokies, its urbanized Valley, and its strip-mined Plateau.” —Paul Salstrom, author of Appalachia’s Path to Dependency "Banker weaves a story of Appalachia that is at once a national and regional history, a family saga, and a personal odyssey. This book reads like a conversation with a good friend who is well-read and well-informed, thoughtful, wise, and passionate about his subject. He brings new insights to those who know the region well, but, more importantly, he will introduce the region's complexities to a wider audience." —Jean Haskell, coeditor, Encyclopedia of Appalachia Appalachians All intertwines the histories of three communities—Knoxville with its urban life, Cades Cove with its farming, logging, and tourism legacies, and the Clearfork Valley with its coal production—to tell a larger story of East Tennessee and its inhabitants. Combining a perceptive account of how industrialization shaped developments in these communities since the Civil War with a heartfelt reflection on Appalachian identity, Mark Banker provides a significant new regional history with implications that extend well beyond East Tennessee’s boundaries. Writing with the keen eye of a native son who left the area only to return years later, Banker uses elements of his own autobiography to underscore the ways in which East Tennesseans, particularly “successful” urban dwellers, often distance themselves from an Appalachian identity. This understandable albeit regrettable response, Banker suggests, diminishes and demeans both the individual and region, making stereotypically “Appalachian” conditions self-perpetuating. Whether exploring grassroots activism in the Clearfork Valley, the agrarian traditions and subsequent displacement of Cades Cove residents, or Knoxvillians’ efforts to promote trade, tourism, and industry, Banker’s detailed historical excursions reveal not only a profound richness and complexity in the East Tennessee experience but also a profound interconnectedness. Synthesizing the extensive research and revisionist interpretations of Appalachia that have emerged over the last thirty years, Banker offers a new lens for constructively viewing East Tennessee and its past. He challenges readers to reconsider ideas that have long diminished the region and to re-imagine Appalachia. And ultimately, while Appalachians All speaks most directly to East Tennesseans and other Appalachian residents, it also carries important lessons for any reader seeking to understand the crucial connections between history, self, and place. Mark T. Banker, a history teacher at Webb School of Knoxville, resides on the farm where he was raised in nearby Roane County. He earned his PhD at the University of New Mexico and is the author of Presbyterian Missions and Cultural Interaction in the Far Southwest, 1850–1950. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Presbyterian History, Journal of the West, OAH Magazine of History, and Appalachian Journal.
Book Synopsis In the Shadow of the Roan by : Allen Cook
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Roan written by Allen Cook and published by Chestnut Ridge. This book was released on 2019-10-04 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the Shadow of the Roan was originally written in 1997 as a compilation of stories and lore that local author, Allen Cook heard from old timers and kin folk growing up near Roan Mountain. In order to preserve the Roan's history, Allen's book documents and provides commentary about the old tales. True accounts of life in the rural Appalachian Mountains around the turn of the 20th century will take readers back in time and connect many others with their heritage. Stories about the Cloudland Hotel, the fugitive Mack Edwards, moonshining mammas, the lynching beneath the Roan and many others will entertain, educate, and inform readers of true stories from days long past.
Book Synopsis Civil War in Appalachia by : Kenneth W. Noe
Download or read book Civil War in Appalachia written by Kenneth W. Noe and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2004-02 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unlike many collections of original essays, this one is consistently fresh, coherent, and excellent. It reflects the combined scholarly excitement of ... the cultural history of the Civil War and the social history of Appalachia. As the editors point out in their introduction, this collection revises two false cliches - uniform Unionism in a region filled with cultural savages."
Download or read book Appalachia written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 968 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Shadows Mountain Deep by : Kari Kilgore
Download or read book Shadows Mountain Deep written by Kari Kilgore and published by Spiral Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2021-06-16 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mysterious Land Full of Shadows and Secrets Private Investigator Helen Hartsock returns home. Searching for a missing person hardly anyone misses. A brutal murder disrupts Sheriff Crabtree’s holiday. Now he must discover the different meanings of justice. Regina Burke never expects trouble on a fine morning. But trouble keeps its own schedule, and its own secrets. A young trainee. An old mentor. A puzzling death. What hangs above this happy home? Carol and Sid work at the most unusual house in town. But they never expect the surprise one snowy night brings. John Barton returns home for the reunion of his dreams. Dreams Pete Duncan begins to believe for himself. Narrow valleys shrouded in fog. Vast forests full of unseen creatures and hidden depths. Proud, independent people, fiercely loyal to each other, often suspicious of outsiders. A natural setting for a journey through crime and justice, death and revelation. Join Jason A. Adams and Kari Kilgore on a trip into the hidden heart of their mountains. Includes The Definition of Crime, Discovering the Obvious, A Race Against Tea Time, The Number One Killer, Adventures in Winter Driving, and Reunion and Redemption
Book Synopsis Living in the Appalachian Forest by : Chris Bolgiano
Download or read book Living in the Appalachian Forest written by Chris Bolgiano and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking look at how man and nature co-exist, somewhat uneasily, within the Appalachian Forest, the world's most diverse temperate woodlands, 80 percent of which is privately owned-by the ancestors of homesteaders, outsiders who have bought large and small tracts, absentee landlords and landowners, private groups and institutions, and giant corporations. Interviews with a diverse group of landowners -- a horse logger, a selective cutter, a ginseng grower, a clear cutter, a forest steward, a summer-camp owner, and others -- and the author's own experiences as a landowner illustrate the private forest's past, present, and future.
Book Synopsis Death and Dying in Central Appalachia by : James K. Crissman
Download or read book Death and Dying in Central Appalachia written by James K. Crissman and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Crissman explores cultural traits related to death and dying in Appalachian sections of Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and West Virginia, showing how they have changed since the 1600s. Relying on archival materials, almost forty photographs, and interviews with more than 400 mountain dwellers, Crissman focuses on the importance of family and "neighborliness" in mountain society. Written for both scholarly and general audiences, the book contains sections on the death watch, body preparation, selection or construction of a coffin or casket, digging the grave by hand, the wake, the funeral, and other topics. Crissman then demonstrates how technology and the encroachment of American society have turned these vital traditions into the disappearing practices of the past.
