Walking Toward The Sunset: The Melungeons Of Appalachia (Melungeons: History, Culture, Ethnicity, & ...7 reviews Wayne Winkler Mercer University Press, 2005 A Fascinating Book + The Best Overview of Melungeons + A good read + Walking Toward the Sunset             Best of Bryson City: Stories of a Doctor's First Years of Practice in the Smoky Mountains1 review Walt Larimore M.D. Zondervan, 2004 Long winded Some interesting stories worthy of listening to in this audio version, (particularly in the first half) but far too few. This "abridged" 5 CD set could have been abridged even further. I felt Two CD's would have been ample to express the bookworthy experiences of Dr. Larimore. Several of the ...             The Land of Saddle-bags: A Study of the Mountain People of Appalachia2 reviews James Watt Raine University Press of Kentucky, 1997 The Land of Saddle-Bags : A Study of the Mountian People + The Land of Saddle-Bags: A Study of the Mountain People of This is an excellent book for young and old readers alike. I enjoyed it because it showed what people lived like in this century, but left out any inappropriate material. It read like a fiction book, but in reality was a non-fiction written about the authors experiences while living in this ...             Our Southern Highlanders: A Narrative of Adventure in the Southern Appalachians and a Study of Life Among the ...14 reviews Horace Kephart Alexander Books, 2004 Western North Carolina + Excellent overview of Appalachian region + A view of the people of the Smokey Mountains + Eye Opener             Growing Up in Coal Country6 reviews Susan Campbell Bartoletti Sandpiper, 1999 growing up (or not) in coal country + wonderful book for classrooms too! + breaker boys-coal mining in Pennsylvania + The Best Book About Coal Mine History + Glimpses from a bygone era             From My Highest Hill: Carolina Mountain Folks Olive Tilford Dargan University of Tennessee Press, 1998             Mountain Born, Mountain Molded1 review Larry G. Morgan Parkway Publishers, 2002 A memorable, nostalgic, and highly recommended narrative Mountain Born, Mountain Molded by Larry G. Morgan is a wryly written personal memoir of growing up in the Nantahala region of western North Carolina from 1945-1955 as the fifth in a family of ten children. Childhood memories, simple games kids played long before popular culture became overloaded ...             Appalachian Lives9 reviews University Press of Mississippi, 2003 baffled + A difficult balancing act + Beautiful Reality + the movie + Stunningly beautiful             The People of the New River: Oral Histories from the Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga Counties of North Carolina ... McFarland & Company, 2001 Said to be one of the oldest rivers in the world, the New River begins at two locations in Watauga County in northwest North Carolina. From there the North and South Forks meander north through Ashe County until they meet near the Virginia border and continue through a corner of Alleghany County before turning north again into Virginia and West Virginia and on to the Ohio. Settlers came to the ...             The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Volume 6: Ethnicity (New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture) The University of North Carolina Press, 2007 Moving beyond racial designations of "black," "white," and "Indian," this volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture complicates and enriches our understanding of "southernness" by demonstrating the extent to which it exists as a fabric of many cultures. This exploration of southern ethnicities examines the ways people "perform" their cultural identities through, among other things, ...             The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment ...15 reviews Jeff Biggers Shoemaker & Hoard, 2005 Great Read + Saving the Endangered Hillbilly + I Loved This Book + beautiful American story + American History Your Teacher Never Told You About             Up This Hill and Down: Thoughts on Life from the Southern Appalachians Lee Ann Woods Bright Mountain Books, 2001             The Southern Highlander and His Homeland1 review John C. Campbell University Press of Kentucky, 2004 Condescending missionary writing I read this book, which was written in the first half of the 20th century, in an attempt to find out more about Appalachian history and society. It does contain overviews of topography and early settlement that are somewhat useful. But Campbell, although he clearly tries not to be condescending, ...             Hillbillyland: What the Movies Did to the Mountains and What the Mountains Did to the Movies1 review J. W. Williamson The University of North Carolina Press, 1995 D.W. Griffith meets Andy Griffith (and the Coen brothers) This is a well-researched look at Hollywood's never-ending fascination with moonshine, country bumpkins, and what goes on up there in the hills beyond Beverly. In the early 1920s as more people moved to the cities, Hollywood found it could make money telling audiences about the places they'd left ...             The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the Signs, Snake ...28 reviews Inc. Foxfire Fund Anchor, 1972 Sure Fire Reference + Oringial Foxfire book + Great to read this again + I love the whole series! + Foxfire collection             Lawyer Will: The Story of an Appalachian Lawyer Ann Goode Cooper Parkway Publishers, 2004 Lawyer Will is the story of William Harrison Bowlin, teacher, lawyer, professor, judge, lecturer, and member of the Bar of Supreme Court of Tennessee.             Strangers in High Places: The Story of the Great Smoky Mountains2 reviews Michael Frome University of Tennessee Press, 1994 A Definitive Work + History, traditions, and culture of the Smokies. This book is a must have for any library on Appalachia or the Great Smoky Mountains. Michael Frome does an admirable job balancing sensitivity for the mountain people, their customs, attitudes, and anomalies with historical research and insightful commentary about the creation of the Park and ...             Voices from the North Carolina Mountains: Appalachian Oral Histories Lynn Salsi The History Press, 2007 In isolated pockets of Western North Carolina, remnants of Appalachia's legendary folk culture still thrive. With warmth and humor, award-winning author Lynn Salsi profiles six extraordinary mountain folk who continue to cook on wood stoves, grind cane to make molasses and harvest honey from backyard beehives.             Mountain Partisans: Guerrilla Warfare in the Southern Appalachians, 1861-18651 review Sean Michael O'Brien Praeger Publishers, 1999 This Guy Did His Civil War Homework One of the best books I've read on Irregular-Partisan warfare in the east during the Civil War, well researched and annotated. I was hesitant to pay so much for the book but couldn't put it down once I started,am currently reading several books quoted in the bibliography. Would recommend for ...             The Face of Appalachia: Portraits from the Mountain Farm5 reviews Tim Barnwell W. W. Norton & Company, 2003 Terrific, truthful portrayal of Appalachia + The Old Days Are Still Here + Barnwell's Magnificent Portraits + Face of Appalachia-One Terrific Photo Book