Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Book Review: ‘Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste: Heirloom Seed Savers in Appalachia’

“Saving Seeds, Preserving Taste” brings bookworms into the lives of the folks who save heritage vegetable & fruit seeds.

Documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion releases ‘Hollow,’ showing life in McDowell County, WV. Supported by West Virginia Humanities Council.

Matt Ravenscroft inspires students to document their town/regional history in his Historical Methods Research class.

Daniel Boone’s biography was ghostwritten by at least one, and perhaps two, others. How does this affect our perception of Boone?

Hilda Downer explores why Appalachian musicians place rattlesnake rattles inside instruments. It had to begin before the 1900s, she says.