Writers Archives - Page 3 of 22 - Appalachian History

I’m glad to have seen your fine spring of water, Lydia McQueen

Wilma Dykeman authored more than 20 non-fiction books and three widely acclaimed novels. She championed the people and land of Appalachia.

From April – June 1914 Emma Bell Miles wrote “Fountain Square Conversations” weekly for The Chattanooga News.

In 1944 the Cambridge Police Chief, Boston’s Police Commissioner, & the Boston Bookseller’s Association all joined to squash ‘Strange Fruit’.

Plutocracy is endeavoring to widen and deepen the chasm while the people are trying to bridge it. It’s the greatest struggle of all the ages.

Sara Roberta Getty (1880-1973) served as Woman’s Editor for the Cumberland [MD] Daily News from 1924 to 1942. She wrote four books of poetry.

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