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Author : William Eleazar Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Life in the Hills of Kentucky written by William Eleazar Barton and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Eleazar Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (948 download)
Download or read book Life in the Hills of Kentucky written by William Eleazar Barton and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Roscoe Thomas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Life Among the Hills and Mountains of Kentucky written by William Roscoe Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Eleazar 1861-1930 Barton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781371141769
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (417 download)
Download or read book LIFE IN THE HILLS OF KENTUCKY written by William Eleazar 1861-1930 Barton and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Cassie Chambers
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 1984818937
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book Hill Women written by Cassie Chambers and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the strong “hill women” who raised and inspired her, and whose values have the potential to rejuvenate a struggling region. “Destined to be compared to Hillbilly Elegy and Educated.”—BookPage (starred review) “Poverty is enmeshed with pride in these stories of survival.”—Associated Press Nestled in the Appalachian mountains, Owsley County is one of the poorest counties in both Kentucky and the country. Buildings are crumbling and fields sit vacant, as tobacco farming and coal mining decline. But strong women are finding creative ways to subsist in their hollers in the hills. Cassie Chambers grew up in these hollers and, through the women who raised her, she traces her own path out of and back into the Kentucky mountains. Chambers’s Granny was a child bride who rose before dawn every morning to raise seven children. Despite her poverty, she wouldn’t hesitate to give the last bite of pie or vegetables from her garden to a struggling neighbor. Her two daughters took very different paths: strong-willed Ruth—the hardest-working tobacco farmer in the county—stayed on the family farm, while spirited Wilma—the sixth child—became the first in the family to graduate from high school, then moved an hour away for college. Married at nineteen and pregnant with Cassie a few months later, Wilma beat the odds to finish school. She raised her daughter to think she could move mountains, like the ones that kept her safe but also isolated her from the larger world. Cassie would spend much of her childhood with Granny and Ruth in the hills of Owsley County, both while Wilma was in college and after. With her “hill women” values guiding her, Cassie went on to graduate from Harvard Law. But while the Ivy League gave her knowledge and opportunities, its privileged world felt far from her reality, and she moved back home to help her fellow rural Kentucky women by providing free legal services. Appalachian women face issues that are all too common: domestic violence, the opioid crisis, a world that seems more divided by the day. But they are also community leaders, keeping their towns together in the face of a system that continually fails them. With nuance and heart, Chambers uses these women’s stories paired with her own journey to break down the myth of the hillbilly and illuminate a region whose poor communities, especially women, can lead it into the future.
Author : Janice Holt Giles
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813108315
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Miss Willie written by Janice Holt Giles and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1994-09-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miss Willie, first published in 1951, is the second novel in Janice Holt Giles's Piney Ridge trilogy, which includes also The Enduring Hills and Tara's Healing. Although the plot is fictional, the central character is based on Giles's mother and some of the episodes are drawn from her life. This is the story of a dedicated teacher who moves to the hills of Kentucky to teach in a one-room schoolhouse at Piney Ridge. Zealously she tries to change the ways of the stubborn and proud Appalachian people - but to no avail. They listen to her crazy ideas about sanitation and other foolishness because to argue would be rude. But in the end they quietly go about their accustomed ways. Ultimately Miss Willie realizes that the hill customs have a beauty and dignity of their own and that some of her efforts to reform them were ill-conceived. Her warmth, generosity, and humor help her bridge the gap and find fulfillment in Piney Ridge. This is a story of reconciliation and the coming together of two different ways of life. Above all, it is a story of people and of the land to which they belong.
Author : Kim Michele Richardson
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1492671533
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (926 download)
Download or read book The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek written by Kim Michele Richardson and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: RECOMMENDED BY DOLLY PARTON IN PEOPLE MAGAZINE! A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A USA TODAY BESTSELLER A LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER The bestselling historical fiction novel from Kim Michele Richardson, this is a novel following Cussy Mary, a packhorse librarian and her quest to bring books to the Appalachian community she loves, perfect for readers of William Kent Kreuger and Lisa Wingate. The perfect addition to your next book club! The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything—everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt's Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome's got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy's not only a book woman, however, she's also the last of her kind, her skin a shade of blue unlike most anyone else. Not everyone is keen on Cussy's family or the Library Project, and a Blue is often blamed for any whiff of trouble. If Cussy wants to bring the joy of books to the hill folks, she's going to have to confront prejudice as old as the Appalachias and suspicion as deep as the holler. Inspired by the true blue-skinned people of Kentucky and the brave and dedicated Kentucky Pack Horse library service of the 1930s, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek is a story of raw courage, fierce strength, and one woman's belief that books can carry us anywhere—even back home. Look for The Book Woman's Daughter, the new novel from Kim Michele Richardson, out now! Other Bestselling Historical Fiction from Sourcebooks Landmark: The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict The Engineer's Wife by Tracey Enerson Wood Sold on a Monday by Kristina McMorris
Author : James C. Klotter
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780916968243
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (682 download)
Download or read book Kentucky written by James C. Klotter and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive history of Kentucky during the first half of the twentieth century, presenting a sweeping view of these crucial years when the forces of continuity and change competed for primacy in the state.
Author : Bertha Lee
Publisher : Author House
ISBN 13 : 1496917111
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (969 download)
Download or read book Remembering My Life in the Hills of Kentucky written by Bertha Lee and published by Author House. This book was released on 2014-06-11 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bert is a young girl growing up in the hills of Kentucky in the 1930s. With a coalminer father and a midwife mother life was never boring or easy, but with the love of her family anything is possible. When the family falls victim to injuries, illness, and a family death that all falls apart. She goes from having a poor happy family to a well off miserable family almost overnight. She starts to feel more like a slave than a daughter, never really fitting in to her new life. All she wants is a place to belong, but does she have to run away from home to fine it?
Author : Isabel Graham Bush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781436860987
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (69 download)
Download or read book Goose Creek Folks: A Story of the Kentucky Mountains (1912) written by Isabel Graham Bush and published by . This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author : Janice Holt Giles
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Enduring Hills written by Janice Holt Giles and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two people prefer the simple life of the Kentucky mountains to city life. Followed by "Miss Willie" and "Tara's healing."
Author : Edwin Carlile Litsey
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book A Maid of the Kentucky Hills written by Edwin Carlile Litsey and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Maid of the Kentucky Hills" is a romantic novel telling a story of an unexpected finding in the beauty of the Kentucky hills. The book tells of a Lexington gentleman who needs the fresh air of the countryside to recover his health. Yet, his vacation brings more gains, the main of which is a romantic affair able to change all of his life.
Author : Bruce Stewart
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813134277
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Blood in the Hills written by Bruce Stewart and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many antebellum Americans, Appalachia was a frightening wilderness of lawlessness, peril, robbers, and hidden dangers. The extensive media coverage of horse stealing and scalping raids profiled the regionÕs residents as intrinsically violent. After the Civil War, this characterization continued to permeate perceptions of the area and news of the conflict between the Hatfields and the McCoys, as well as the bloodshed associated with the coal labor strikes, cemented AppalachiaÕs violent reputation. Blood in the Hills: A History of Violence in Appalachia provides an in-depth historical analysis of hostility in the region from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Editor Bruce E. Stewart discusses aspects of the Appalachian violence culture, examining skirmishes with the native population, conflicts resulting from the regionÕs rapid modernization, and violence as a function of social control. The contributors also address geographical isolation and ethnicity, kinship, gender, class, and race with the purpose of shedding light on an often-stereotyped regional past. Blood in the Hills does not attempt to apologize for the region but uses detailed research and analysis to explain it, delving into the social and political factors that have defined Appalachia throughout its violent history.
Author : Emma Rayner
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365377016
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Visiting the Sin written by Emma Rayner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Visiting the Sin: A Tale of Mountain Life in Kentucky and Tennessee The old bell was out of harmony with its surround ings. They ought to have put soul even into its cracked metal. Forest kings that had held court in these mountains for centuries shook their leafy crowns in derision at the barbarous efforts of the interloper. The girl whose hand pulled the cord and set the harsh tongue to vibrating was an interloper too; but she was not out of character with her surroundings. The tall, supple figure, the slow grace of movement, the dark, slumberous eyes, with possibilities - no, rather with promise of passion beneath their calm, were in keeping with the hills and the forest. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Chris Offutt
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802158420
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Killing Hills written by Chris Offutt and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A veteran on leave investigates a murder in his Kentucky backwoods hometown in this Appalachian noir by the acclaimed author of Country Dark. Mick Hardin, a combat veteran and Army CID agent, is home on a leave to be with his pregnant wife—but they aren’t getting along. His sister, newly risen to sheriff, has just landed her first murder investigation—but local politicians are pushing for someone else to take the case. Maybe they think she can’t handle it. Or maybe their concerns run deeper. With his experience and knowledge of the area, Mick is well-suited to help his sister investigate while staying under the radar. Now he’s dodging calls from his commanding officer as he delves into the dangerous rivalries lurking beneath the surface of his fiercely private hometown. And he needs to talk to his wife. The Killing Hills is a novel of betrayal within and between the clans that populate the hollers—and the way it so often shades into violence. Chris Offutt has delivered a dark, witty, and absolutely compelling novel of murder and honor, with an investigator-hero unlike any in fiction.
Author : Burt Feintuch
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813187990
Total Pages : 91 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Kentucky Folkmusic written by Burt Feintuch and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-11-21 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1899, a fundraising program for Berea College featured a group of students from the mountains of eastern Kentucky singing traditional songs from their homes. The audience was entranced. That small en-counter at the end of the last century lies near the beginning of an unparalleled national—and international—fascination with the indigenous music of a single state. Kentucky has long figured prominently in our national sense of traditional music. Over the years, a diverse group of people—reformers, enthusiasts, the musically literate and the musically illiterate, radicals, liberals, a British gentleman and his woman companion, amateurs, local residents, and academics—have been sufficiently captivated by that music to have devoted considerable energy to harvesting it from its fertile ground, studying its various manifestations, and considering its many performers. Kentucky Folkmusic: An Annotated Bibliography is a guide to the literature of this remarkable music. More than seven hundred entries, each with an evaluative annotation, comprise the largest bibliographic resource for the folkmusic of any state or region in North America. Divided into eight sections, the bibliography covers collections and anthologies; fieldworkers and scholars; singers, musicians, and other performers; text-centered studies; studies of history, context, and style; festivals; dance; and discographies, check-lists, and other reference tools. A subject index, an author index, and an index of periodicals provide access to the materials. From early hymnals and songsters to Kentucky performers of traditional music, the bibliography is a comprehensive guide to music which has for many years been one of the major emblems of American traditional music.
Author : Linda DeRosier
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813127017
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book Creeker written by Linda DeRosier and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Linda Sue Preston was born on a feather bed in the upper room of her Grandma Emmy's log house in the hills of eastern Kentucky. More than fifty years later, Linda Scott DeRosier has come to believe that you can take a woman out of Appalachia but you can't take Appalachia out of the woman. DeRosier's humorous and poignant memoir is the story of an educated and cultured woman who came of age in Appalachia. She remains unabashedly honest about and proud of her mountain heritage. Now a college professor, decades and notions removed from the creeks and hollows, DeRosier knows that her roots run deep in her memory and language and in her approach to the world. DeRosier describes an Appalachia of complexity and beauty rarely seen by outsiders. Hers was a close-knit world; she says she was probably eleven or twelve years old before she ever spoke to a stranger. She lovingly remembers the unscheduled, day-long visits to friends and family, when visitors cheerfully joined in the day's chores of stringing beans or bedding out sweet potatoes. No advance planning was needed for such trips. Residents of Two-Mile Creek were like family, and everyone was ""delighted to see each other wherever, whenever, and for however long."" Creeker is a story of relationships, the challenges and consequences of choice, and the impact of the past on the present. It also recalls one woman's struggle to make and keep a sense of self while remaining loyal to the people and traditions that sustained her along life's way. Told with wit, candor, and zest, this is Linda Scott DeRosier's answer to the question familiar in Appalachia--""Who are your people?""
