appalachian literature Archives - Page 5 of 13

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

Book Excerpt: ‘Unionists in Virginia’

The effort anti-secession Virginians, dubbed Unionists by the press, played in trying to save the nation from civil war is rarely told.

With a conviction that storytelling should be a shared family experience, Lynette Ford selects stories for children and adults.

The story of an old-time coal miner in “bloody Harlan” (Harlan County, KY) in the early to mid 1900s, told in his own words and dialect.

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.