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

Category: Writers

Book Excerpt: ‘Faces Behind the Dust’

A precocious, nosey girl, who has eavesdropping down to a science, learns hard truths about coal mining in WV in this coming of age novel.

The revived Clinchfield #1 led excursion trains that visited 7 state capitals. Here’s the journey of the real-life little engine that could.

NC writer/historian Gary Carden speaks from personal experience about depression in an Appalachian context.

Appalachian State University students collect remembrances of mountain life as it used to be at the headwaters of the New River’s North Fork.

This book features the lifelong friendship of two girls from Elkins, WV, whose resilience, humor, and creativity shape unexpected lives.

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