Cultural Region/Appalachians
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Mountain Nature: A Seasonal Natural History of the Southern Appalachians
$31.00 Add to cartThe Southern Appalachians are home to a breathtakingly diverse array of living things–from delicate orchids to carnivorous pitcher plants, from migrating butterflies to flying squirrels, and from bra… [more below]
- Author: Frick-Ruppert, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0807871168
- Language: English
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Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
$19.99 Add to cartA haunting exploration of faith, from a preacher convicted of attempted murder to a first-hand account of holiness serpent handling–“One of the best books on American religion from the last 25 years”… [more below]
- Author: Covington, Dennis
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: August 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0306818361
- Language: English
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The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book: Singin’, Praisin’, Raisin’
$23.00 Add to cartFor almost half a century, Foxfire has brought the philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teaching creative self-sufficiency and preserving the stories, crafts, and customs o… [more below]
- Series: Foxfire
- Author: Foxfire Fund Inc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: August 30 2011
- ISBN10: 0307742598
- Language: English
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Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America
$20.00 Add to cartWinner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
In Amity and Prosperity, the prizewinning poet and journalist Eliza Griswold tells the story of the energy boom’s impact on a small town at the- Author: Griswold, Eliza
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 04 2019
- ISBN10: 1250215072
- Language: English
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Afternoon Hiker: A Guide to Casual Hikes in the Great Smoky Mountains
$25.00 Add to cart- Author: Stepp, James L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: January 30 2014
- ISBN10: 0692020462
- Language: English
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Plott Hound Tales: Legendary People & Places Behind the Breed
$31.99 Add to cartThe Plott hound has reached worldwide fame through the contributions of many colorful characters from the Southern Appalachians. Quill Rose–a legendary local outlaw, moonshiner, gunfighter and more–… [more below]
- Author: Plott, Bob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: August 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1540225593
- Language: English
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Mountains of the Heart: A Natural History of the Appalachians
$17.95 Add to cartPart natural history, part poetry, Mountains of the Heart is full of hidden gems and less traveled parts of the Appalachian Mountains
Stretching almost unbroken from Alabama to Belle Isle, Newfoundla- Author: Weidensaul, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 16 2016
- ISBN10: 1938486889
- Language: English
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Adirondack Outlaws: Bad Boys and Lawless Ladies
$14.95 Add to cartLocal author and historian Niki Kourofsky exposes the North Country’s shadowy past of crime and dark deeds. Her wry, lively storytelling puts readers right in the thick of shootouts, jewel heists, ban… [more below]
- Series: The Rowdy Bunch
- Author: Kourofsky, Niki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: January 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1560376112
- Language: English
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Hiking and Traveling the Blue Ridge Parkway, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Only Guide You Will Ever Need, Including Gps, Detailed Maps, and More
$22.00 Add to cartThis comprehensive guidebook provides a detailed description of every official National Park Service trail along the Blue Ridge Parkway. But that’s just the beginning: veteran hiker Leonard M. Adkins … [more below]
- Series: Southern Gateways Guides
- Author: Adkins, Leonard M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 424
- Publish Date: September 10 2018
- ISBN10: 1469646978
- Language: English
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Grandfather Mountain: The History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon
$30.00 Add to cartWith its prominent profile recognizable for miles around and featuring vistas among the most beloved in the Appalachians, North Carolina’s Grandfather Mountain is many things to many people: an easily… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Randy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1469674319
- Language: English
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Soul Full of Coal Dust: A Fight for Breath and Justice in Appalachia
$30.00 Add to cartIn a devastating and urgent work of investigative journalism, Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hamby uncovers the tragic resurgence of black lung disease in Appalachia, its Big Coal cover-up, and the resil… [more below]
- Author: Hamby, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: August 18 2020
- ISBN10: 0316299472
- Language: English
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The Devil Amongst the Lawyers: A Ballad Novel
$24.00 Add to cart“Ms. McCrumb writes with quiet fire and maybe a little mountain magic. . . . She plucks the mysteries from people’s lives and works these dark narrative threads into Appalachian legends older than the
- Series: Ballad Novels #8
- Author: McCrumb, Sharyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 07 2011
- ISBN10: 0312573626
- Language: English
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The Ballad of Frankie Silver: A Ballad Novel
$28.00 Add to cartThe New York Times Bestseller
Set in the Appalachian wilderness and blending legends and folklore with high suspense, this stellar novel, The Ballad of Frankie Silver, is considered one of McCrumb’s c- Series: Ballad Novels #5
- Author: McCrumb, Sharyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: March 26 2013
- ISBN10: 031238887X
- Language: English
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Rosewood Casket
$24.00 Add to cartEloquent, lyrical, and richly textured . . . There is no one quite like [McCrumb] among present-day writers. No one better either. —San Diego Union-Tribune
With a career spanning decades, and superla- Series: Ballad Novels #4
- Author: McCrumb, Sharyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 20 2013
- ISBN10: 0312388861
- Language: English
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Wish You Well
$30.00 Add to cartFollowing a family tragedy, siblings Lou and Oz must leave New York and adjust to life in the Virginia mountains–but just as the farm begins to feel like home, they’ll have to defend it from a dark t… [more below]
- Author: Baldacci, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0446527165
- Language: English
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The Midwife of Hope River
$19.99 Add to cartA remarkable new voice in American fiction enchants readers with a moving and uplifting novel that celebrates the miracle of life. In The Midwife of Hope River, first-time novelist Patricia Harmon tra
- Series: Hope River #1
- Author: Harman, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 28, 2012
- ISBN10: 0062198890
- Language: English
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A Parchment of Leaves
$17.95 Add to cartIn 1900s Kentucky, Saul Sullivan leaves his bride behind to seek work, and his brother steps in, with violent consequences.
- Author: House, Silas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 306
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1949467252
- Language: English
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The World Made Straight
$19.99 Add to cartVivid, harrowing yet ultimately hopeful, The World Made Straight is Ron Rash’s subtlest exploration yet of the painful conflict between the bonds of home and the desire for independence.
NOW A MAJOR M- Author: Rash, Ron
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 20, 2007
- ISBN10: 0312426607
- Language: English
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The Education of Little Tree
$24.95 Add to cartThe Education of Little Tree has been embedded in controversy since the revelation that the autobiographical story told by Forrest Carter was a complete fabrication. The touching novel, which has entr
- Author: Carter, Forrest
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: August 31 2001
- ISBN10: 0826328083
- Language: English
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That Book Woman
$18.99 Add to cartAn exquisitely illustrated paean to everyone who struggles to learn how to read, and to everyone who won’t give up on them.
Cal is not the readin’ type. Living way high up in the Appalachian Mountains- Author: Henson, Heather
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: October 07 2008
- ISBN10: 1416908129
- Language: English
