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Annotation "The first book to focus exclusively on studies of Appalachia's women, Beyond Hill and Hollow: Original Readings in Appalachian Women's Studies is a pathbreaking collection that firmly establishes the field of Appalachian women's studies. Bringing together the work of…
Few animals have a worse reputation than the vulture. But is it deserved? With Vulture, Katie Fallon offers an irresistible argument to the contrary, tracing a year in the life of a typical North American turkey vulture. Turkey vultures, also known as buzzards, are the most wide…
Appalachia hosts more species of deciduous trees, salamanders, darters, and shrews than any other region of North America. Mosses, ferns, sedges, and heaths also abound. This huge variety of living things is due in large part to the highlands' antiquity and convoluted topography…
"Seeing wonder in the commonplace inspired George Constantz's eclectic collection of essays. Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders explores the eastern deciduous forest and exposes the conflicts that underlie the mysteries of Appalachian life."--Jacket.
"Seeing wonder in the commonplace inspired George Constantz's eclectic collection of essays. Hollows, Peepers, and Highlanders explores the eastern deciduous forest and exposes the conflicts that underlie the mysteries of Appalachian life."--Jacket.
"Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal camps are in fact almost exclusively black settlements. The selected readings in this new book offer the first comprehensive present…
Although southern Appalachia is popularly seen as a purely white enclave, blacks have lived in the region from early times. Some hollows and coal camps are in fact almost exclusively black settlements. The selected readings in this new book offer the first comprehensive presenta…