Download or read book A Foxfire Christmas written by Eliot Wigginton and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New in paperback This captivating book of recollections celebrates the holiday traditions of Appalachian families as passed from one generation to the next. Based on Foxfire students' interviews with neighbors and family members, the memories shared here are from a simpler time, when gifts were fewer but perhaps more precious, and holiday tables were laden with traditional favorites. More than just reminiscences, however, A Foxfire Christmas includes instructions for recreating many of the ornaments, toys, and recipes that make up so many family traditions, from Chicken and Dumplings to Black Walnut Cake, and from candy pulls to corn husk dolls and hand-whittled toy cars.
Download or read book River of Memories written by David Lee Thompson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "David Lee Thompson has produced a caring and introspective personal account of the vanishing Appalachian culture. This way of life existed for over twelve generations, teaching its people the importance of family, community, and religion. Thompson's old home place, 'now empty and lonely,' holds 'faint whispers of what was once alive with laughter and reminiscences.' His boyhood memories of life on Bowen Creek represent the last vestiges of a time and place now nearly extinct." -Dr. Alan B. Gould, Executive Director The John Deaver Drinko Academy Marshall University "From the first pioneers who struggled west to make a home among our hills and hollows, our families have been our culture's backbone. The portrait of Appalachian life David Thompson paints is one familiar to generations of southern West Virginians. It is a history that should be saved and valued." -U.S. Representative Nick Rahall (WV) "As readers journey along in David Thompson's River of Memories, they uncover truths about themselves and gain a better understanding about life in Appalachia. This is especially true for those of us who have strong ties with its people, helping us appreciate our heritage even more." -Shawn W. Coffman, M.D. Huntington Internal Medicine Group
Download or read book Appalachian Memory written by Mary Jane Salyers and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Appalachian Memory: A Survivor's Tale Harvey Campbell recalls his growing up years before, during, and after the Civil War. Young Harvey's life turns upside down when his well-to-do family leaves their comfortable life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to establish a logging company, in the wild mountains of southeastern Kentucky. Added to this uprooting, an older brother makes his life more miserable with ridicule, insults, and other abusive treatment. But young Harvey finds consolation in the annual steamboat trips the family makes to visit family in Pittsburgh and in his new friendship with Evan, the son of a neighbor. Together they explore the mountainsides and become close friends despite their families' choosing opposite sides in the slavery dispute. As the conflict over slavery brings destruction, chaos, divisions and death to Harvey's family, his friendships, his Kentucky homeland, and his nation, Harvey's own loyalties are tested, and he must choose between standing with his family or with his heart. His efforts to seek revenge for the injustices he feels turns into a long journey through mountains, towns, and cities from Kentucky through Virginia to Washington D.C, and even to Chicago. Harvey's saga lets us see Civil War history through the eyes of an everyday teenage soldier plunged into its midst, including the battles of Lynchburg, Monocacy, and Fort Stevens, and the Camp Douglas Prison in Chicago. All along this extended journey he meets interesting people-some seek to take advantage of his youth and inexperience, but most give him a helping hand. Fortunately, in the midst of all these difficulties he finds someone to love. When the war ends, Harvey returns to his family's logging business in Kentucky, but finally he realizes he must become independent and strikes out on his own. Eventually he builds his own house in Tennessee, where seventy years later Harvey's great-granddaughter Maggie Martin, the main character in Appalachian Daughter will be born. Harvey has finally become a man-an Appalachian mountain man. Appalachian Memory: A Survivor's Tale is a story of survival-of the wilderness, of Civil War, of family conflict, of sickness and injury, of death and grief-but it is also a story of adventure, friendship, loyalty, bravery, determination, hope, and love.
Download or read book Appalachian Childhood written by Marilyn Thornton Schraff and published by Appalachian Childhood. This book was released on 2010-07-31 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes the unique life experiences of a child growing up in a small rural Appalachian community in Southern Ohio. The chapters humorously, yet seriously, describe various aspects of maturing in this culture during the mid twentieth century, (through the following topics: education, religion, food, pets, family, 4-H, prejudice, and work) from a youthful, yet historically accurate, perspective.
Download or read book Appalachian Coal Mining Memories written by Mary B. LaLone and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mary B. La Lone and 18 student researchers interviewed more than sixty people to document life styles of coal miners in the New River Valley, where coal is no longer mined. Miners and their families were dedicated to making a good life together and creating a real sense of community between themselves and those around them, with coal never far from their minds. La Lone provides an ethnographic overview of mining culture and practices. Photographs and maps.
Download or read book Appalachian Mountains Childhood Memories written by Mary Creech Johnson and published by Mary Creech Johnson. This book was released on 2022-09-29 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Epic, short stories of life as it was lived in the Appalachian Mountains before, during and after World War II. Adventure, drama, tragedy, comedy, spiritual and history. A very good read. Mary Creech Johnson, Author
Download or read book The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games written by Linda Garland Page and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part oral history and part rule book, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games is a joyous collection of memories of playing indoor and outdoor games; of making dolls, homemade board games, playhouses, and other toys--each with complete instructions and the flavor of southern Appalachia. Every toy and game has been tested by the Foxfire students and is devised to make or play yourself, without major expense, complicated parts, or electricity. Originally published in 1985, the book includes familiar games like marbles, hopscotch, and horseshoes, as well as more obscure entertainments such as stealing the pines, crows and cranes, and thimble. Here, too, are instructions for constructing playhouses, noisemakers, puzzles, and whimmy diddles. The book also provides information on special games traditionally played on Sundays and holidays. For those who are tired of worn-out batteries and electronic toys and for anyone curious about the playtimes of an earlier generation, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games is a welcome and entertaining guide.
Download or read book I Could Never Leave the River written by Joyce Gloeckner Badgley and published by Badgley Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-09-17 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of memories, short stories, poetry and pictures. If you were born near the Ohio River and have your roots in Appalachia, you have the river in your blood. No matter where life's events take you, the river beckons you to return. It will always be home. The author was born and raised in the gently rolling hills of southeastern Ohio and is now living in Nevada. As far away from Appalachia as she is, she still hears the River calling, calling for her daughter to come home.
Download or read book Appalachian Memories written by Ancient Briton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appalachian Memories is an evocative collection of poetry recounting one hiker's experience on the Appalachian Trail. Aged 64, Englishman Clive Mulley fulfilled a long-held ambition to walk the Trail, his trailname was Ancient Briton. From recollections of the camaraderie of the trail and the kindness of strangers met along the way to quiet contemplation of the majesty of the wilderness, this little gem of a book has a poem to capture every mood.
Download or read book My Appalachia written by Sidney Saylor Farr and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable memoir is “both one person’s extraordinary life story and a first-hand look at life in the mountains in a time that is fading from memory” (Kentucky Monthly). My family lived as far back in the hollers as it was possible to go in Bell County, Kentucky. Dad worked in the timber woods and at a sawmill, when there was employment to be found. We ate what we grew on the place or could glean from the hillsides. Just about everything was made by hand. We had little contact with people outside the region . . . Sidney Saylor Farr grew up in the mountains of southeastern Kentucky, the eldest of ten children. Her devotion to her family led her to accept heavy responsibilities from a very young age: At three, she remembers being put in charge of her baby sister while her parents worked in the corn field, and at twelve, she was forced to leave school to care for her ailing mother and younger siblings. Though she didn’t have much time to pursue her own goals, life in the mountains nourished and shaped Farr and the writer she would become. Her great-grandmother was a master storyteller, and stories passed down from generation to generation fueled her imagination. Her Aunt Dellie, a voracious reader, received discarded books from the Pineville library, and as she shared these volumes with young Sidney, she opened the world to her eager niece. Eventually, Farr’s intense determination compelled her to find her own path and gave her the strength to become one of the most influential figures in Appalachian literature. Living in Appalachia was difficult—many people of Farr’s generation left the mountains for good—but she persisted through countless challenges, including poverty, discrimination, and personal loss, and managed to thrive. Composed of a rich mix of folklore, family history, and spiritual and intellectual exploration, Farr’s memoir shares the stories of her struggles and triumphs to create a vivid picture of a culture as enduring as the mountains. Winner of the Appalachian Book of the Year Award
Download or read book Appalachian Memories written by Fern Barlow and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Appalachian Memories written by Betty Owsley Kendrick and published by Williams Printing Company. This book was released on 2000-09-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Table Talk written by Sidney Saylor Farr and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their own words, they convey the flavor of olden-day mountain life: "back home" kitchens, the warmth from wood-burning stoves, the smell of coffee simmering and biscuits baking, and the family gathered around the kitchen table to talk and eat.
Download or read book Appalachian Elegy written by Bell Hooks and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2012-08-16 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poems centered around life in Appalachia addresses topics ranging from the marginalization of the region's people to the environmental degradation it has endured throughout history.
Download or read book Abandoned Places Abandoned Memories written by Sharon Day and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in the popular Abandoned Places: Abandoned Memories series, this Appalachian Edition takes the reader to a vastly different location than the previous Desert Edition. Julie Ferguson captured a wide variety of abandoned sites in Appalachia in stunning photographs. Sharon Day performed a psychic read on each location to write emotionally-gripping vignettes of a person's life. Even though these locations are long since abandoned, there is still life within, information awaiting a psychic sensitive to bring them to life again with her touch. The book contains many bonus sections, as well, such as why cemeteries are haunted, tips on urban exploration and photography, the beautiful region of Appalachia, a bonus read on an abandoned stuffed animal in a cemetery, and tips on what it's like to perform psychometry (psychic reading elicited by touching an object). Once these visions are in the reader's mind, it will be as hard to let them go as it is for the psychic.
Download or read book From My Back Porch written by Jack Ryan and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Appalachian Memories written by Lillie McDevitt Clark and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
