Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Book Review: ‘Mother of Rain’

“Maizee Hurd was an easy target for hard times,” says Burdy Luttrell, the town healer. Burdy is a Melungeon woman with mysterious ways.

‘Listening to the Land’ uses story to raise awareness of the changing nature and related issues of WV’s Cacapon and Lost River Valley.

2013 recipient Jon Smith is a preservationist, master craftsman, & educator – a man who knows how to get things done.

Crawford weaves historical research & storytelling into a dynamic, personal saga that intimately appeals to any reader of Appalachia lore.

Ohio production company Eden Valley Enterprises is in production on a documentary about the life of historic AT hiker Emma Gatewood.