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Appalachian Odyssey

Jeffrey H. Ryan
Appalachian Odyssey Book PDF

Author : Jeffrey H. Ryan
Publisher : Down East Books
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781608935796

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Appalachian Odyssey by Jeffrey H. Ryan Pdf

Like many hikers who’ve completed the Appalachian Trail, Jeffrey Ryan didn’t do it in one long through-hike. Grabbing weekends here and days off there, it took Jeffrey twenty-eight years to finish the trail, and along the way he learned much about himself and made many new friends, including his best friend, who made the journey with him from start to finish. Including 75 color photos, this engaging book is part memoir, part natural history and lore, and part practical advice. Whether you’ve hiked the AT, are planning to hike it, or only wish to dream of hiking it, this is the book to read next.

An Appalachian Odyssey

Russ Walkup
An Appalachian Odyssey Book PDF

Author : Russ Walkup
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491869628

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An Appalachian Odyssey by Russ Walkup Pdf

This book is a tribute to my parents who instilled in me a strong will to succeed. The emphasis was on hard work and honesty. There was little money available but that made little difference to the boys in Keiffer Holler. Most of the time we were busy working and our leisure time was spent in the beautiful mountains and fishing. Until I was a junior in high school I thought a log cabin in the rural hills of Greenbrier County, a job in a union mine and a four wheel drive vehicle would mean the perfect life. vehicle would mean the perfect life. My story deals with the many twists and turns of leaving the mountains of Appalachia. Some are sad and some are hilarious. The cultural differences I encountered could be compared to Homers account of the Greek, Odysseus. My experiences could never measure up to the Cyclops but there were many challenges along the way. The strong values I gained during my formative years in Appalachia were a major factor guiding me to success throughout my first 76 years of life.

Songs of the Whippoorwill: An Appalachian Odyssey

John Blankenship
Songs of the Whippoorwill An Appalachian Odyssey Book PDF

Author : John Blankenship
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781365788833

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Songs of the Whippoorwill: An Appalachian Odyssey by John Blankenship Pdf

"These snapshots from a reporter's notebook offer a compelling look at the resilient folk of Appalachia from the 1980s to the present. The author's detailed feature stories and personal reflections bring into focus the larger than life characters who helped mold our times for the better, even when facing seemingly insurmountable odds in one of our nation's most challenging economic regions."--Back cover

Songs of the Whippoorwill: An Appalachian Odyssey, Volume II

John Blankenship
Songs of the Whippoorwill An Appalachian Odyssey Volume II Book PDF

Author : John Blankenship
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781387212576

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Songs of the Whippoorwill: An Appalachian Odyssey, Volume II by John Blankenship Pdf

"These snapshots from a reporter's notebook offer a compelling look at the resilient folk of Appalachia from the 1980s to the present. The author's detailed feature stories and personal reflections bring into focus the larger than life characters who helped mold our times for the better, even when facing seemingly insurmountable odds in one of our nation's most challenging economic regions."--Back cover

Appalachian Odyssey

Phillip J. Obermiller,Thomas E. Wagner,Edward Bruce Tucker
Appalachian Odyssey Book PDF

Author : Phillip J. Obermiller,Thomas E. Wagner,Edward Bruce Tucker
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2000-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X004439437

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Appalachian Odyssey by Phillip J. Obermiller,Thomas E. Wagner,Edward Bruce Tucker Pdf

One of the greatest internal migrations in American history has been the movement of the people of Appalachia to a variety of rural and urban destinations all over the country —- wherever economic opportunity beckoned, from the industrial Midwest to the timber empires of the Pacific Northwest. This movement (about five million in the 1950s alone) has taken place in several waves throughout the twentieth century, and continues to this day. Appalachian Odyssey provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the impact of this phenomenon on both the Appalachian region and the country as a whole. Scholars from a variety of social science disciplines bring their perspectives to this volume in an examination of the historical, political, social, economic, and cultural impact of a talented group often derided as hillbillies. Appalachian Odyssey provides a much-needed corrective to this bias, and a deeper understanding of a people who have significantly influenced the American story.

Appalachian Odyssey

Steve Sherman,Julia Older
Appalachian Odyssey Book PDF

Author : Steve Sherman,Julia Older
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781504030601

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Appalachian Odyssey by Steve Sherman,Julia Older Pdf

Trail along on this 2,000-mile, bliss-and-blister adventure away from interstates and into backwoods America. Cross the Smokies, survive Virginia floods, buck New Jersey heat, walk the Presidentials of the White Mountains, and traverse a mile-long gorge. Then, 150 days later, stand victorious on the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine. Appalachian Odyssey has everything—and then some—about the great hike. Inspiring for all ages whether you’re a backpacker or an armchair hiker. Appalachian Odyssey was awarded the Honorable Mention in the Outdoor Classic category by the 2009 National Outdoor Book Awards (NOBA). The Outdoor Classic Award is presented annually to an “unusual and lasting” book that over time has proven to be a significant work in the field.

Child of the Woods

Susi Gott Séguret
Child of the Woods Book PDF

Author : Susi Gott Séguret
Publisher : Hatherleigh Press
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781578268320

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Child of the Woods by Susi Gott Séguret Pdf

Child of the Woods is a uniquely beautiful collection of short stories and observations from Susi Seguret's experiences growing up in the natural settings of rural Appalachia. Immerse yourself in the vibrant and exciting world of Appalachia! Child of the Woods is an exploration of the world through the eyes of a young child, whose life was defined and enriched by nature that surrounded her. This collection of short stories and insights highlights the wonders of growing up in rural Appalachia, learning to live as one with the land. These stories embrace the universal themes of self-discovery, adventure, and finding one's place in a living world.

Becoming Odyssa

Jennifer Pharr Davis
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Author : Jennifer Pharr Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0825305683

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Becoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis Pdf

Originally published in 2010 with the subtitle Epic adventures on the Appalachian Trail.

Appalachian Health and Well-Being

Robert L. Ludke,Phillip J. Obermiller
Appalachian Health and Well Being Book PDF

Author : Robert L. Ludke,Phillip J. Obermiller
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780813140421

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Appalachian Health and Well-Being by Robert L. Ludke,Phillip J. Obermiller Pdf

Appalachians have been characterized as a population with numerous disparities in health and limited access to medical services and infrastructures, leading to inaccurate generalizations that inhibit their healthcare progress. Appalachians face significant challenges in obtaining effective care, and the public lacks information about both their healthcare needs and about the resources communities have developed to meet those needs. In Appalachian Health and Well-Being, editors Robert L. Ludke and Phillip J. Obermiller bring together leading researchers and practitioners to provide a much-needed compilation of data- and research-driven perspectives, broadening our understanding of strategies to decrease the health inequalities affecting both rural and urban Appalachians. The contributors propose specific recommendations for necessary research, suggest practical solutions for health policy, and present best practices models for effective health intervention. This in-depth analysis offers new insights for students, health practitioners, and policy makers, promoting a greater understanding of the factors affecting Appalachian health and effective responses to those needs.

Studying Appalachian Studies

Chad Berry,Philip J. Obermiller,Shaunna L. Scott
Studying Appalachian Studies Book PDF

Author : Chad Berry,Philip J. Obermiller,Shaunna L. Scott
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780252097348

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Studying Appalachian Studies by Chad Berry,Philip J. Obermiller,Shaunna L. Scott Pdf

In this collection, contributors reflect on scholarly, artistic, activist, educational, and practical endeavor known as Appalachian Studies. Following an introduction to the field, the writers discuss how Appalachian Studies illustrates the ways interdisciplinary studies emerge, organize, and institutionalize themselves, and how they engage with intellectual, political, and economic forces both locally and around the world. Essayists argue for Appalachian Studies' integration with kindred fields like African American studies, women's studies, and Southern studies, and they urge those involved in the field to globalize the perspective of Appalachian Studies; to commit to continued applied, participatory action, and community-based research; to embrace more fully the field's capacity for bringing about social justice; to advocate for a more accurate understanding of Appalachia and its people; and to understand and overcome the obstacles interdisciplinary studies face in the social and institutional construction of knowledge. Contributors: Chris Baker, Chad Berry, Donald Edward Davis, Amanda Fickey, Chris Green, Erica Abrams Locklear, Phillip J. Obermiller, Douglas Reichert Powell, Michael Samers, Shaunna L. Scott, and Barbara Ellen Smith.

The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell

Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt,Lora E. Smith
The Food We Eat the Stories We Tell Book PDF

Author : Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt,Lora E. Smith
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821446874

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The Food We Eat, the Stories We Tell by Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt,Lora E. Smith Pdf

Blue Ridge tacos, kimchi with soup beans and cornbread, family stories hiding in cookbook marginalia, African American mountain gardens—this wide-ranging anthology considers all these and more. Diverse contributors show us that contemporary Appalachian tables and the stories they hold offer new ways into understanding past, present, and future American food practices. The poets, scholars, fiction writers, journalists, and food professionals in these pages show us that what we eat gives a beautifully full picture of Appalachia, where it’s been, and where it’s going. Contributors: Courtney Balestier, Jessie Blackburn, Karida L. Brown, Danille Elise Christensen, Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle, Michael Croley, Elizabeth S. D. Engelhardt, Robert Gipe, Suronda Gonzalez, Emily Hilliard, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Abigail Huggins, Erica Abrams Locklear, Ronni Lundy, George Ella Lyon, Jeff Mann, Daniel S. Margolies, William Schumann, Lora E. Smith, Emily Wallace, Crystal Wilkinson

A Handbook to Appalachia

Grace Toney Edwards,JoAnn Aust Asbury,Ricky L. Cox
A Handbook to Appalachia Book PDF

Author : Grace Toney Edwards,JoAnn Aust Asbury,Ricky L. Cox
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 1572334592

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A Handbook to Appalachia by Grace Toney Edwards,JoAnn Aust Asbury,Ricky L. Cox Pdf

A Handbook to Appalachia provides a clear, concise first step toward understanding the expanding field of Appalachian studies, from the history of the area to its sometimes conflicted image, from its music and folklore to its outstanding literature. Also includes information on African Americans, Asheville, (North Carolina), ballads, baskets, bluegrass music, blues music, Cherokee Indians, Cincinnati (Ohio), Churches, Civil War, coal, cultural diversity, death, folk culture, food, Georgia, health, immigration, industry, Irish, Kentucky, Midwest, migration, Melungeons, Native Americans, North Carolina, out-migration, politics, population, poverty, Radford University, schools, Scotch-Irish, Scotland, South Carolina, storytelling, strip mining, Tennessee, Ulster Scots, Virginia, West Virginia, Women, etc.

Dear Appalachia

Emily Satterwhite
Dear Appalachia Book PDF

Author : Emily Satterwhite
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813130101

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Dear Appalachia by Emily Satterwhite Pdf

Much criticism has been directed at negative stereotypes of Appalachia perpetuated by movies, television shows, and news media. Books, on the other hand, often draw enthusiastic praise for their celebration of the simplicity and authenticity of the Appalachian region. Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction since 1878 employs the innovative new strategy of examining fan mail, reviews, and readers’ geographic affiliations to understand how readers have imagined the region and what purposes these imagined geographies have served for them. As Emily Satterwhite traces the changing visions of Appalachia across the decades, from the Gilded Age (1865–1895) to the present, she finds that every generation has produced an audience hungry for a romantic version of Appalachia. According to Satterwhite, best-selling fiction has portrayed Appalachia as a distinctive place apart from the mainstream United States, has offered cosmopolitan white readers a sense of identity and community, and has engendered feelings of national and cultural pride. Thanks in part to readers’ faith in authors as authentic representatives of the regions they write about, Satterwhite argues, regional fiction often plays a role in creating and affirming regional identity. By mapping the geographic locations of fans, Dear Appalachia demonstrates that mobile white readers in particular, including regional elites, have idealized Appalachia as rooted, static, and protected from commercial society in order to reassure themselves that there remains an “authentic” America untouched by global currents. Investigating texts such as John Fox Jr.’s The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1908), Harriette Arnow’s The Dollmaker (1954), James Dickey’s Deliverance (1970), and Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain (1997), Dear Appalachia moves beyond traditional studies of regional fiction to document the functions of these narratives in the lives of readers, revealing not only what people have thought about Appalachia, but why.

They Say in Harlan County

Alessandro Portelli
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Author : Alessandro Portelli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0199781338

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They Say in Harlan County by Alessandro Portelli Pdf

Made famous in the 1976 documentary Harlan County USA, this pocket of Appalachian coal country has been home to generations of miners--and to some of the most bitter labor battles of the 20th century. It has also produced a rich tradition of protest songs and a wealth of fascinating culture and custom that has remained largely undiscovered by outsiders, until now. They Say in Harlan County is not a book about coal miners so much as a dialogue in which more than 150 Harlan County women and men tell the story of their region, from pioneer times through the dramatic strikes of the 1930s and '70s, up to the present. Alessandro Portelli draws on 25 years of original interviews to take readers into the mines and inside the lives of those who work, suffer, and often die in them--from black lung, falling rock, suffocation, or simply from work that can be literally backbreaking. The book is structured as a vivid montage of all these voices--stoic, outraged, grief-stricken, defiant--skillfully interwoven with documents from archives, newspapers, literary works, and the author's own participating and critical voice. Portelli uncovers the whole history and memory of the United States in this one symbolic place, through settlement, civil war, slavery, industrialization, immigration, labor conflict, technological change, migration, strip mining, environmental and social crises, and resistance. And as hot-button issues like mountain-top removal and the use of "clean coal" continue to hit the news, the history of Harlan County--especially as seen through the eyes of those who lived it--is becoming increasingly important. With rare emotional immediacy, gripping narratives, and unforgettable characters, They Say in Harlan County tells the real story of a culture, the resilience of its people, and the human costs of coal mining.

Hillbilly Highway

Max Fraser
Hillbilly Highway Book PDF

Author : Max Fraser
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691191119

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Hillbilly Highway by Max Fraser Pdf

The largely untold story of the great migration of white southerners to the industrial Midwest and its profound and enduring political and social consequences Over the first two-thirds of the twentieth century, as many as eight million whites left the economically depressed southern countryside and migrated to the booming factory towns and cities of the industrial Midwest in search of work. The "hillbilly highway" was one of the largest internal relocations of poor and working people in American history, yet it has largely escaped close study by historians. In Hillbilly Highway, Max Fraser recovers the long-overlooked story of this massive demographic event and reveals how it has profoundly influenced American history and culture—from the modern industrial labor movement and the postwar urban crisis to the rise of today’s white working-class conservatives. The book draws on a diverse range of sources—from government reports, industry archives, and union records to novels, memoirs, oral histories, and country music—to narrate the distinctive class experience that unfolded across the Transappalachian migration during these critical decades. As the migration became a terrain of both social advancement and marginalization, it knit together white working-class communities across the Upper South and the Midwest—bringing into being a new cultural region that remains a contested battleground in American politics to the present. The compelling story of an important and neglected chapter in American history, Hillbilly Highway upends conventional wisdom about the enduring political and cultural consequences of the great migration of white southerners in the twentieth century.