Stories, quotes and anecdotes from Appalachia. 1880s-1950s era.

Category: Kentucky

In a small community like this you helped other people

I’ve got a ’40 John Deere, it’s up there in the barn. And we worked around here and worked for other people. You helped other people.

75 years ago the definitive Appalachian novel was published—James Still’s River of Earth. ‘Appalachian’ literature did not exist then.

“The idea of Ole Cap just sort of grew on me after I met an old man who had gone to work in the mines when he was 7 years old,” says Swiesz.

“Each piece I do,” says Kentucky woodcarver Stan West, “takes me through a spiritual journey of creation of mind, body, and soul.”

KY film director Michael Crisp aims to bring Floyd’s incredible story to a wider audience, allowing others an opportunity to learn about him.

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