Our Appalachia

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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813158249
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Book Synopsis Our Appalachia by : Laurel Shackelford

Download or read book Our Appalachia written by Laurel Shackelford and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books have been written about Appalachia, but few have voiced its concerns with the warmth and directness of this one. From hundreds of interviews gathered by the Appalachian Oral History Project, editors Laurel Shackelford and Bill Weinberg have woven a rich verbal tapestry that portrays the people and the region in all their variety. The words on the page have the ring of truth, for these are the people of Appalachia speaking for themselves. Here they recollect an earlier time of isolation but of independence and neighborliness. For a nearer time they tell of the great changes that took place in Appalachia with the growth of coal mining and railroads and the disruption of old ways. Persisting through the years and sounding clearly in the interviews are the dignity of the Appalachian people and their close ties with the land, despite the exploitation and change they have endured. When first published, Our Appalachia was widely praised. This new edition again makes available an authentic source of social history for all those with an interest in the region.

Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area

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Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786252007
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area by : Harry M. Claudill

Download or read book Night Comes To The Cumberlands: A Biography Of A Depressed Area written by Harry M. Claudill and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “At the time it was first published in 1962, it framed such an urgent appeal to the American conscience that it actually prompted the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission, an agency that has pumped millions of dollars into Appalachia. Caudill’s study begins in the violence of the Indian wars and ends in the economic despair of the 1950s and 1960s. Two hundred years ago, the Cumberland Plateau was a land of great promise. Its deep, twisting valleys contained rich bottomlands. The surrounding mountains were teeming with game and covered with valuable timber. The people who came into this land scratched out a living by farming, hunting, and making all the things they need-including whiskey. The quality of life in Appalachia declined during the Civil War and Appalachia remained “in a bad way” for the next century. By the 1940s, 50s, and 60s, Appalachia had become an island of poverty in a national sea of plenty and prosperity. Caudill’s book alerted the mainstream world to our problems and their causes. Since then the ARC has provided millions of dollars to strengthen the brick and mortar infrastructure of Appalachia and to help us recover from a century of economic problems that had greatly undermined our quality of life.”-Print ed.

Kentucky's Last Frontier

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Publisher : The Overmountain Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570721656
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (216 download)

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Book Synopsis Kentucky's Last Frontier by : Henry P. Scalf

Download or read book Kentucky's Last Frontier written by Henry P. Scalf and published by The Overmountain Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of the exploration, settlement, and development of the vast mountain empire encompassed by several eastern Kentucky counties that pays attention to Civil War sites in the area.

Coal Resources of the Hazard District, Kentucky

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Total Pages : 62 pages
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Book Synopsis Coal Resources of the Hazard District, Kentucky by : Russell A. Brant

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The Coal Industry in Kentucky

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Total Pages : 272 pages
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Book Synopsis The Coal Industry in Kentucky by : Willard Rouse Jillson

Download or read book The Coal Industry in Kentucky written by Willard Rouse Jillson and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: