Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

The Great Pandemic of 1918, part 1

The flu’s name came from the early affliction and large mortalities in Spain where it allegedly killed 8 million in May that year.

A very numerous crowd of beings resembling the human species without any particular members of the human body, nor distinction of sexes.

Dried apple stack cake is one of the most popular Appalachian cakes— no surprise considering apples are found aplenty in the mountains.

A 1964 article from the ‘Elementary English’ journal describes the cultural contributions of children’s book author May Justus, of Tennessee.

Carl Sandburg, who penned “the fog comes in on little cats’ feet,” moved to Connemara in WNC for the sake of the little goats’ feet.