Robert Gipe

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Virginia

An Illustrated Novel

When Dawn Jewell--fifteen, restless, curious, and wry--joins her grandmother's fight against mountaintop removal mining in spite of herself, she has to decide whether to save a mountain or save herself; be ruled by love or by anger; remain in the land of her birth or run for her life.

Trampoline

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Leland R. Cooper

Perfect condition with no wear/tear and the spine is not cracked. 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Oral Histories from the Ashe, Alleghany and Watauga Counties of North Carolina

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 fertile bottom lands along the New River during the 18th and 19th centuries and many of their descendants still live there today. In this collection of oral histories, 33 people in Ashe, Alleghany, and Watauga counties--most of whom are in their 70s, 80s, and 90s--share memories of their lives and work on the New River and their hopes for its future. They tell of floods, snows, sickness, the Great Depression, education, religion, quilting, weaving and other crafts, and the fight against a large power company that planned to flood thousands of acres of land. They also recall how the river has been central to their lives in providing food, transportation and recreation.

The People of the New River

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Texas

The Book Woman’s Daughter

Thomas Nelson Page was a Virginia writer who wrote southern plantation literature. This 1898 novel (this is a 1904 printing). This story takes place in post Civil War and describes the lives of two families, the Grays and Carys who live a rural life in the foothills of the Blue Mountains. The novel explores themes of race, class, and identity, and offers a glimpse into the complexities of life in the South during this period of history.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Chronicle of Reconstruction 

Red Rock

This is a 1972 printing of The Foxfire Book, edited by Eliot Wigginton. It is a collection of folklore, survival skills, oral history, and more, all centered around Appalachian culture. The sources were gathered in Rabun County, Georgia in the late 1960s. This is the first installment in perhaps the most well-known series on Appalachian culture. I have found these books to be incredibly informative resources - the only reason I am parting with this copy is because I own another.

This book is in good condition overall and in very good vintage condition. There is some minor creasing and discoloration on the front and back cover, as well as a significant scuff mark on the spine. There are no apparent binding issues. The pages are clean, and there is no writing or highlighting in the text, margins, or inside the cover.

Ohio

The Foxfire Book

Alisa Alering

Box includes finished/new copy of smothermoss including special artwork post cards 

Alabama

Book and artwork 

A haunting, imaginative, and twisting tale of two sisters and the menacing, unexplained forces that threaten them and their rural mountain community.

Smothermoss

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Pepper Basham

An Appalachian Feud Blows Up in 1912
 
Step into True Colors -- a new series of Historical Stories of Romance and American Crime
 
In Carroll County, a corn shucking is the social event of the season, until a mischievous kiss leads to one of the biggest tragedies in Virginia history. Ava Burcham isn't your typical Blue Ridge Mountain girl. She has a bad habit of courtin' trouble, and her curiosity has opened a rift in the middle of a feud between politicians and would-be outlaws, the Allen family. Ava's tenacious desire to find a story worth reporting may land her and her best friend, Jeremiah Sutphin, into more trouble than either of them planned. The end result? The Hillsville Courthouse Massacre of 1912.
 

The Red Ribbon

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J. D. Vance

A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER IS NOW A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING AMY ADAMS, GLENN CLOSE, AND GABRIEL BASSO You will not read a more important book about America this year.--The Economist A riveting book.--The Wall Street Journal Essential reading.--David Brooks, New York Times Hillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis--that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing frequency and alarm, but has never before been written about as searingly from the inside. J. D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J. D.'s grandparents were "dirt poor and in love," and moved north from Kentucky's Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventually one of their grandchildren would graduate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of success in achieving generational upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that J.D.'s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, never fully escaping the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so characteristic of their part of America. With piercing honesty, Vance shows how he himself still carries around the demons of his chaotic family history. A deeply moving memoir, with its share of humor and vividly colorful figures, Hillbilly Elegy is the story of how upward mobility really feels. And it is an urgent and troubling meditation on the loss of the American dream for a large segment of this country.

Hillbilly Elegy [movie Tie-In]

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Dana Elmendorf

North Carolina

A Novel

In a small town in Appalachia, people paint their doorways blue to keep spirits away. Black ferns grow where death will follow. And Weatherly Opal Wilder is a Death Talker. When called upon, she can talk the death out of the dying and save their lives; only once, never twice. But this truly unique gift comes at a price, rooting Weatherly to people who only want her around when they need her and resent her backwater ways when they don't. Weatherly's cousin Adaire also has a gift: she's a Scryer and can see the future reflected back in dark surfaces. Right before she is killed in an accident, Adaire saw something unnerving, and that's why Weatherly believes she was murdered--never thinking for a moment that it was an accident. But when Weatherly, for the first time, is unable to talk the death out of the mayor's son, the whole town suspects she is out for revenge, that she wouldn't save him. With the help of clues Adaire left behind and her family's Granny Witch recipe box, Weatherly sets out to find the truth behind her cousin's death, whatever it takes. Imbued with magic, witchery, and suspense, Dana Elmendorf's In the Hour of Crows is a thrilling tale of friendship, identity, and love.

In the Hour of Crows

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Durwood Dunn

Michigan

The Life and Death of a Southern Appalachian Community

"Drawing on a rich trove of documents never before available to scholars, the author sketches the early pioneers, their daily lives, their beliefs, and their struggles to survive and prosper in this isolated mountain community, now within the confines of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. In moving detail this book brings to life an isolated mountain community, its struggle to survive, and the tragedy of its demise." -- Provided by publisher.

Cades Cove

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Ron Rash

South Carolina

Stories and a Novella Based on SERENA

In The Valley

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Indiana

The Southern Highlander and His Homeland

David Muench

Michael Frome

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

A Celebration of Appalachian Trail Country

Uncommon Places

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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

Philip 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

Ryan Wishart

Lessons from Appalachia

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.

Transforming Places

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John Alexander Williams

A History

In this comprehensive history of the Appalachian region, Williams weaves social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history together to present a readable narrative that spans four and a half centuries.

Appalachia

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Red Rock

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Alisa Alering

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The Red Ribbon

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In the Hour of Crows

Durwood Dunn

Cades Cove

Ron Rash

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The Southern Highlander and His Homeland

David Muench; Michael Frome

Uncommon Places

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Trampoline

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The People of the New River

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Thomas Nelson Page

Red Rock

Eliot Wigginton (editor)

The Foxfire Book

Alisa Alering

Smothermoss

Pepper Basham

The Red Ribbon

J. D. Vance

Hillbilly Elegy [movie Tie-In]

Dana Elmendorf

In the Hour of Crows

Durwood Dunn

Cades Cove

Ron Rash

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John C. Campbell; Rupert Vance

The Southern Highlander and His Homeland

David Muench; Michael Frome

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John Alexander Williams

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