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| #372714 in Books | 2002-04-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.32 x1.16 x6.28l,1.45 | File type: PDF | 496 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Close but not quite a homerun for me.|By Keith Bickel|A very readable, interesting, scholarly work. I have lived near or in the area of this book's coverage for most of my life, much of it in the coal-regions of PA. The author acknowledges these areas & there are little blurbs about them throughout the book, but the majority of the coverage is south of the Mason-Dixon line. The||By analyzing carefully the complex dialectic of myths surrounding Appalachia, Williams does an especially fine job in evoking a sense of place. (Durwood Dunn, Tennessee Wesleyan College)
He or she who cares deeply about this region needs this book.
Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the Appalachian past. Along the way, he explores Appalachia's long-contested boundaries and the numerous, often contradictory images that have shaped perceptions of the region as both the essence of America and a place apart.
Williams begins his story in the colonial era and describes the half-century of bloody warfare as ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Appalachia: A History | John Alexander Williams. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
