Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

We spoke just Italian at home

My parents were Italian immigrants. They settled in WV, where my father came over at the age of seventeen, where he was a bookkeeper.

GO to Mystery Hill at Blowing Rock, NC! SEE people stand on 45-degree angles! WATCH water roll uphill! Mystery after mystery!

No man knew Blue Ridge people, lore, habits, & tastes better than Shepherd Dugger; in his day he was the foremost historian of the region.

My grandparents had a molasses mill; they made molasses. I used to help make them, too. They made molasses to sell.

The rain Sunday night came in cloud-burst fury, flooding the narrow gorges and trapping people before they knew what was upon them.