Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

A Visit with Dr. Ralph

The story is told as if you’re just sitting on the front porch, passing the time as Dr. Ralph reminisces; an original and authentic voice.

Susanna “Granny Sue” Holstein of Sandyville, WV places herself in the living storytelling tradition with her new collection of ghost stories.

This recent private commission by cut paper collage artist Alice Feagan depicts the small town of Saluda in the mountains of western NC.

Not all of us CAN live to be old, or WANT to, and so arrive earlier at that entrance into the next world. Lord, I’ll stay long as you need me.

We open today’s show with an excerpt from “Handling Serpents: Pastor Jimmy Morrow’s History of His Appalachian Jesus’ Name Tradition.”