Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

It was like a bachelor party that had gone bad

Most folks don’t know anything about an Appalachian Shivaree, but it is not something a groom wants to face on his first night of marriage.

They armed themselves with wooden mauls to meet the meal man. He was unwilling to allow them an early portion. Aunt Sally drew her heavy maul.

An excerpt from Michael Abraham’s newly published “Harmonic Highways; Motorcycling Virginia’s Crooked Road.”

Hannah Eason interviewed author Amy Greene about her debut novel ‘Bloodroot’ last week for the Her Circle Ezine.

Helen Lewis on her early days teaching Appalachian Studies: “I started receiving threats because of the work I was doing with my students.”