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Download or read book O, Appalachia written by Ramona Lampell and published by Stewart, Tabori, & Chang. This book was released on 1989 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An oversized (91/4x121/4") book with over 150 exquisite photographs displaying the works and techniques of 17 self-taught artists from the mountains between Virginia and Alabama. The sparse but well written text traces each artist's background and inspiration. Includes sculptors, painters, carvers, and basket weavers using materials from their environment. No index or bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis At Home in the Heart of Appalachia by : John O'Brien
Download or read book At Home in the Heart of Appalachia written by John O'Brien and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John O’Brien was raised in Philadelphia by an Appalachian father who fled the mountains to escape crippling poverty and family tragedy. Years later, with a wife and two kids of his own, the son moved back into those mountains in an attempt to understand both himself and the father from whom he’d become estranged. At once a poignant memoir and a tribute to America's most misunderstood region, At Home in the Heart of Appalachia describes a lush land of voluptuous summers, woodsmoke winters, and breathtaking autumns and springs. John O'Brien sees through the myths about Appalachia to its people and the mountain culture that has sustained them. And he takes to task naïve missionaries and rapacious industrialists who are the real source of much of the region's woe as well as its lingering hillbilly stereotypes. Finally, and profoundly, he comes to terms with the atavistic demons that haunt the relations between Appalachian fathers and sons.
Book Synopsis The Paris of Appalachia by : Brian O'Neill
Download or read book The Paris of Appalachia written by Brian O'Neill and published by Carnegie-Mellon University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Whitest large metro area in the counrty -- Deer people.
Download or read book Historic Photos of Appalachia written by and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appalachia: The place and its people have long inspired a special fascination among travelers and commentators. The rugged, ecologically rich mountains, at once forbidding and inviting, have provided a place of retreat and exploration for lovers of natural beauty and outdoor adventure, while the region’s resources have long lured both capitalists intent on creating wealth and regular folks just looking for a steady wage. The inhabitants native to the region have often been held up as pure, strong, and self-sufficient on the one hand, and derided as primitive, backward, and exotic, on the other.Not quite south or north, east or west, the region continues to defy easy classification. Yet it emerges in Historic Photos of Appalachia as both distinct and as familiarly American. The nearly 200 photographs included here portray the region’s land and people in all their distinctive and sometimes surprising specificity—including views of towns, houses, and farms; families at home and on the job; railroads, mining, and logging; and beautiful streams and mountain landscapes.
Book Synopsis Transforming Places by : Stephen L. Fisher
Download or read book Transforming Places written by Stephen L. Fisher and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this era of globalization's ruthless deracination, place attachments have become increasingly salient in collective mobilizations across the spectrum of politics. Like place-based activists in other resource-rich yet impoverished regions across the globe, Appalachians are contesting economic injustice, environmental degradation, and the anti-democratic power of elites. This collection of seventeen original essays by scholars and activists from a variety of backgrounds explores this wide range of oppositional politics, querying its successes, limitations, and impacts. The editors' critical introduction and conclusion integrate theories of place and space with analyses of organizations and events discussed by contributors. Transforming Places illuminates widely relevant lessons about building coalitions and movements with sufficient strength to challenge corporate-driven globalization. Contributors are Fran Ansley, Yaira Andrea Arias Soto, Dwight B. Billings, M. Kathryn Brown, Jeannette Butterworth, Paul Castelloe, Aviva Chomsky, Dave Cooper, Walter Davis, Meredith Dean, Elizabeth C. Fine, Jenrose Fitzgerald, Doug Gamble, Nina Gregg, Edna Gulley, Molly Hemstreet, Mary Hufford, Ralph Hutchison, Donna Jones, Ann Kingsolver, Sue Ella Kobak, Jill Kriesky, Michael E. Maloney, Lisa Markowitz, Linda McKinney, Ladelle McWhorter, Marta Maria Miranda, Chad Montrie, Maureen Mullinax, Phillip J. Obermiller, Rebecca O'Doherty, Cassie Robinson Pfleger, Randal Pfleger, Anita Puckett, Katie Richards-Schuster, June Rostan, Rees Shearer, Daniel Swan, Joe Szakos, Betsy Taylor, Thomas E. Wagner, Craig White, and Ryan Wishart.
Book Synopsis A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia by : Rose McLarney
Download or read book A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia written by Rose McLarney and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting acquainted with local flora and fauna is the perfect way to begin to understand the wonder of nature. The natural environment of Southern Appalachia, with habitats that span the Blue Ridge to the Cumberland Plateau, is one of the most biodiverse on earth. A Literary Field Guide to Southern Appalachia—a hybrid literary and natural history anthology—showcases sixty of the many species indigenous to the region. Ecologically, culturally, and artistically, Southern Appalachia is rich in paradox and stereotype-defying complexity. Its species range from the iconic and inveterate—such as the speckled trout, pileated woodpecker, copperhead, and black bear—to the elusive and endangered—such as the American chestnut, Carolina gorge moss, chucky madtom, and lampshade spider. The anthology brings together art and science to help the reader experience this immense ecological wealth. Stunning images by seven Southern Appalachian artists and conversationally written natural history information complement contemporary poems from writers such as Ellen Bryant Voigt, Wendell Berry, Janisse Ray, Sean Hill, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Deborah A. Miranda, Ron Rash, and Mary Oliver. Their insights illuminate the wonders of the mountain South, fostering intimate connections. The guide is an invitation to get to know Appalachia in the broadest, most poetic sense.
Book Synopsis The Galax Gatherers by : Edward Owings Guerrant
Download or read book The Galax Gatherers written by Edward Owings Guerrant and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Where Less the Path is Worn by : M J Eberhart
Download or read book Where Less the Path is Worn written by M J Eberhart and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-28 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 347 days. 5,000 miles. On foot!That's the sweep of this inspiring, spirit-filled adventure, the first known hike encompassing the entire Appalachian Mountain Range as we know it to exist on the North American continent.This monumental journey unfolds as seasoned long-distance hiker M.J. Nimblewill Nomad Eberhart tackles his second traverse of the Eastern Continental Trail. Along this near-continuous footpath of connecting trails, he walks south from "Land's End" at Cap Gaspé, Quebec to a very different view of the Atlantic Ocean in the Florida Keys-framed by Caribbean blue waters-to reach the southernmost point of the United States at Key West.After achieving this goal, Nimblewill extends this journey with an incredible walk that breaks new ground. On an epic trek across the island of Newfoundland, he continues to where the Long Range Appalachian Mountains rise to meet the tundra, to the tip of the Great Northern Peninsula where the Vikings first landed on this continent over a thousand years ago. Journey's end is on Belle Isle, the northernmost Appalachian mountaintop to hold its head above "Iceberg Alley" in the Labrador Sea.Along this journey, you'll meet the many kind and generous souls who lifted Nimblewill, who touched his heart, his life, theirs to be touched in return. This lyrical and heartfelt recounting captures not only the resolve and challenge of long-distance hiking, but also offers up reverence to the ageless and timeless beauty of the Appalachians.
Book Synopsis Appalachia / America by : Wilson Somerville
Download or read book Appalachia / America written by Wilson Somerville and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proceedings from the 1980 Appalachian Studies Conference includes contributions by Wilson Somerville; George W. Hopkins; Helen M. Lewis and Myles Horton; Gene Wilhelm, Jr.; Rick Simon and Betty Justice; John Opie; Stephen L. Fisher and Mary Harnish; Peter G. Marden; Ted L. Napier and Elizabeth G. Bryant; Clyde B. McCoy and Virginia McCoy Watkins; Gary L. Fowler; David P. Varady; Robert A. Rusiewski; James M. Gifford; William Terrell Cornett; P.J. Laska; Frederick O. Waage; Karen Shelley and Raymond Evans; Michael V. Carter; and James Robert Reese.
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.
Download or read book Appalachia written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Writing Appalachia by : Katherine Ledford
Download or read book Writing Appalachia written by Katherine Ledford and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2020-02-24 with total page 776 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the stereotypes and misconceptions surrounding Appalachia, the region has nurtured and inspired some of the nation's finest writers. Featuring dozens of authors born into or adopted by the region over the past two centuries, Writing Appalachia showcases for the first time the nuances and contradictions that place Appalachia at the heart of American history. This comprehensive anthology covers an exceedingly diverse range of subjects, genres, and time periods, beginning with early Native American oral traditions and concluding with twenty-first-century writers such as Wendell Berry, bell hooks, Silas House, Barbara Kingsolver, and Frank X Walker. Slave narratives, local color writing, folklore, work songs, modernist prose -- each piece explores unique Appalachian struggles, questions, and values. The collection also celebrates the significant contributions of women, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community to the region's history and culture. Alongside Southern and Central Appalachian voices, the anthology features northern authors and selections that reflect the urban characteristics of the region. As one text gives way to the next, a more complete picture of Appalachia emerges -- a landscape of contrasting visions and possibilities.
Book Synopsis Degrees of Elevation by : Charles Dodd White
Download or read book Degrees of Elevation written by Charles Dodd White and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 16 stories of Appalachia today by some of our top writers. This collection brings us into the present with its struggles and beauty. Human character remains strong in these stories of life in Appalachia. Writers include: Rusty Barnes, Sheldon Lee Compton, Jarrid Deaton, Richard Hague, Silas House, Chris Holbrook, Denton Loving, Mindy Beth Miller, John McManus, Jim Nichols, Valerie Nieman, Chris Offutt, Mark Powell, Ron Rash, Alex Taylor, Crystal Wilkinson
Download or read book Appalachian Fall written by Jeff Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-08-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A searing, on-the-ground examination of the collapsing coal industry—and the communities left behind—in the midst of economic and environmental crisis. Despite fueling a century of American progress, the people at the heart of coal country are being left behind, suffering from unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and environmental crises often at greater rates than anywhere else in the country. But what if Appalachia’s troubles are just a taste of what the future holds for all of us? Appalachian Fall tells the captivating true story of coal communities on the leading edge of change. A group of local reporters known as the Ohio Valley ReSource shares the real-world impact these changes have had on what was once the heart and soul of America. Including stories like: -The miners’ strike in Harlan County after their company suddenly went bankrupt, bouncing their paychecks -The farmers tilling former mining ground for new cash crops like hemp -The activists working to fight mountaintop removal and bring clean energy jobs to the region -And the mothers mourning the loss of their children to overdose and despair In the wake of the controversial bestseller Hillbilly Elegy, Appalachian Fall addresses what our country owes to a region that provided fuel for a century and what it risks if it stands by watching as the region, and its people, collapse.
Book Synopsis Appalachia Revisited by : Yunina Barbour-Payne
Download or read book Appalachia Revisited written by Yunina Barbour-Payne and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Front cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Revisiting Appalachia, Revisiting Self -- 2 Carolina Chocolate Drops -- 3 Beyond a Wife's Perspective on Politics -- 4 Intersections of Appalachian Identity -- 5 Appalachia Beyond the Mountains -- 6 Digital Rhetorics of Appalachia and the Cultural Studies Classroom -- 7 Continuity and Change of English Consonants in Appalachia -- 8 Frackonomics -- 9 Revisiting Appalachian Icons in the Production and Consumption of Tourist Art -- 10 From the Coal Mine to the Prison Yard -- 11 Walking the Fence Line of The Crooked Road -- 12 "No One's Ever Talked to Us Before" -- 13 Strength in Numbers -- 14 When Collaboration Leads to Action -- 15 Participation and Transformation in Twenty-First-Century Appalachian Scholarship -- (Re)introduction -- Appendix -- Contributors -- Index.
Book Synopsis Development of Water Resources in Appalachia: Sub-regional plans by : United States. Office of Appalachian Studies
Download or read book Development of Water Resources in Appalachia: Sub-regional plans written by United States. Office of Appalachian Studies and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Development of Water Resources in Appalachia: The incidence and formation of mine drainage pollution by : United States. Office of Appalachian Studies
Download or read book Development of Water Resources in Appalachia: The incidence and formation of mine drainage pollution written by United States. Office of Appalachian Studies and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
