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

Category: Writers

The world was still and bright and fiery in the blaze of a July noon

In late 1943 Dutton agreed to publish a volume of poetry titled “The Ballad of the Bones.” By January 1946, the book was in its 3rd printing.

I once heard a bishop say “Whipping does not always conquer a child’s spirit, but I never have known a dash of ice water on his spine to fail”.

“To Sparrows, microbes or men there must come a day when the Good Gray Mother can feed no more,” warns Miles about overpopulation.

Mary Noailles Murfree, better known as Charles Egbert Craddock, spent summers in the Tennessee mountains among the people of whom she wrote.

In this interview, Harriette Arnow, author of ‘The Dollmaker,’ discusses her time spent with the hill people of Kentucky.

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