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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Deliverance Deliverance James Dickey The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the state's most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a… OL14856962W
Mist over the mountains Mist over the mountains Raymond Bial An overview of life past and present in the geographic region known as Appalachia. OL16030987W
Yesterday's people; life in contemporary Appalachia Yesterday's people; life in contemporary Appalachia Jack E. Weller The distinctive way of life of the Southern Appalachian people has often been criticized, romanticized or derided, but rarely has it been understood. Yesterday's People, the fruit of many years' labo… OL16037864W
Taps for Private Tussie Taps for Private Tussie Jesse Stuart Teenage Sid Tussie sees big changes in his poor Kentucky family when they receive $10,000 insurance money for the death of his uncle in World War II and other greedy relatives scramble to share the w… OL1850593W
Songs of Life and Grace Songs of Life and Grace Linda Scott DeRosier 228 p., [16] p. of plates : 23 cm OL1933909W
What you are getting wrong about Appalachia What you are getting wrong about Appalachia Elizabeth Catte An insider's perspective on Appalachia, and a frank, ferocious assessment of America's recent fascination with the people and the problems of the region. OL19732480W
GodPretty in the tobacco field GodPretty in the tobacco field Kim Michele Richardson A young woman in 1969 Kentucky imagines what life can be through the gorgeously designed, handmade paper fortunetellers she distributes to the townsfolk while she tries to deal with the prejudice and… OL20029398W
The yesteryear tales The yesteryear tales David Lee Kirkland A unique collection of short stories set both in the Appalachian countryside and the Ozarks. The stories are sometimes gritty, but always honest in their telling. The voice in this collection is one … OL21765582W
Clinch River justice Clinch River justice Alfred Patrick "As an inexperienced but idealistic deputy sheriff, Charley Scott, faces a rash of deaths in a normally idyllic, peaceful Appalachian community in the early 1940s. These deaths of neighbors and a bel… OL28956643W
Sweetie Sweetie Kathryn Magendie "For shy, stuttering Melissa, the wild mountain girl named Sweetie is a symbol of pride and strength. But to many in their Appalachian town Sweetie is an outcast, a sinister influence, or worse. This… OL31204392W