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Pages: 258
Authors: Noah Adams
Categories: Travel
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002-03-26 - Publisher: Delta

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With his sharp eye and gentle wit, Noah Adams doesn't just tell stories, he lets them unfold quietly, powerfully, and eloquently. Now the beloved host of NPR's
Gone Home
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Karida L. Brown
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-08-06 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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Since the 2016 presidential election, Americans have witnessed countless stories about Appalachia: its changing political leanings, its opioid crisis, its incre
The First American Frontier
Language: en
Pages: 476
Authors: Wilma A. Dunaway
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000-11-09 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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In The First American Frontier, Wilma Dunaway challenges many assumptions about the development of preindustrial Southern Appalachia's society and economy. Draw
A History of Appalachia
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: Richard B. Drake
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-01 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Richard Drake has skillfully woven together the various strands of the Appalachian experience into a sweeping whole. Touching upon folk traditions, health care,
All That Is Native and Fine
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors: David E. Whisnant
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1995-08-01 - Publisher: UNC Press Books

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In the American imagination, the word Appalachia designates more than a geographical region. It evokes fiddle tunes, patchwork quilts, split-rail fences, and al