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Appalachian Region, Southern Social life and customs Appalachian Trail Description and travel Country life Appalachian Region, Southern Country life Georgia Rabun County Folklore Appalachian Region, Southern Folklore Georgia Rabun County Handicraft Appalachian Region, Southern Handicraft Georgia Rabun County Rabun County (Ga.) Biography United States Appalachian TrailHudson, Patricia L.
Summary: A presentation of American historic sites and museums in the Carolinas and the Appalachian states. Features up to date site information which includes location, visiting hours, phone numbers and fee information. Maps and illustrations are included.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.5 CAROLINAS HUDStoll, Steven
Summary: Steven Stoll offers a fresh, provocative account of Appalachia, from the earliest European settlers, through crucial episodes such as the Whiskey Rebellion and the founding of West Virginia, and the arrival of timber and coal companies that set off a devastating "scramble for Appalachia."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333 STOMalcolm, Timothy
Summary: Whether you're stopping for a day trek or taking a weekend getaway, hit the road and hit the legendary trail with Moon Drive & Hike Appalachian Trail.--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2023
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Summary: Since 1972, the Foxfire books have preserved and celebrated the culture of Southern Appalachia for hundreds of thousands of readers. In Travels with Foxfire, native son Phil Hudgins and Foxfire student Jessica Phillips travel from Georgia to the Carolinas, Tennessee to Kentucky, collecting the stories of the men and women who call the region home. Across more than thirty essays, we discover...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 975 HUDGeist, Bill.
Summary: "From popular TV hosts and bestselling authors Bill and Willie Geist, a hilarious testament to the special nature of father-son relationships. In GOOD TALK, DAD, this talented father-son team shares stories of their funny and heartwarming relationship. Told in a unique back-and-forth banter style, this extended conversation riffs on everything from music and sports to summer camp, driving...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 818.602 GEIKingsolver, Barbara.
Summary: When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. "Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed,...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2007
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 641.0973 KINSummary: "The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association collaborate each year on a guide especially designed for potential thru-hikers who want the basic information for a five- to six-month trek in the woods, at a reasonable price, but also want the adventure of finding out the extras for themselves."-- Amazon.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Appalachian Trail Conservancy 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.5 APPLaPlante, Walter
Summary: The man who conceived of the Appalachian Trail believed that time outdoors was good for a clear mind. Millions of people couldnt agree more and hike the trail each year. In addition to the history of this famous trail, readers learn some of the coolest hikes they can go on along the trail as well as the national parks they might find along the way. Fact boxes introduce more information about...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 917.3 LAPSummary: Traces the history of "Foxfire" magazine from 1966 to the present, exploring the magazine's philosophy of simple living, ideas for creative self-sufficiency, and efforts to preserve the history and culture of Appalachia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXSummary: The fight for the last great mountain in America's Appalachian heartland pits the mining giant that wants to explode it to extract the coal within, against the community fighting to preserve the mountain and build a wind farm on its ridges instead. Robert Kennedy Jr. joins the fight to preserve the mountain.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Video Group 2011
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC LASKingsolver, Barbara.
Summary: When Kingsolver and her family move from suburban Arizona to rural Appalachia, they take on a new challenge: to spend a year on a locally produced diet, paying close attention to the provenance of all they consume. "Our highest shopping goal was to get our food from so close to home, we'd know the person who grew it. Often that turned out to be ourselves as we learned to produce what we needed,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.0973 KingsSummary: "A work of cultural anthropology and a fascinating exploration of the vanishing oral traditions of Southern Appalachia"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, A Division of Random House LLC 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 398.2 FOXSummary: First published in 1972, The Foxfire Book was a surprise bestseller that brought Appalachia's philosophy of simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers. Whether you wanted to hunt game, bake the old-fashioned way, or learn the art of successful moonshining, The Foxfire Museum and Heritage Center had a contact who could teach you how with clear, step-by-step instructions. Today, Foxfire's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXBrill, David
Summary: "In 1979, David Brill became one of the first of a new generation to complete the Georgia-to-Maine hike on the Appalachian Trail. 'As Far as the Eye Can See', now a classic, chronicles his six-month, 2,100-mile walk, a quest to live simply and deliberately, with room to grow, to breathe, to change, to discover what really mattered to him."
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of Tennessee Press 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 796.5 BRIBryson, Bill.
Summary: Traces the author's adventurous trek along the Appalachian Trail past its natural pleasures, human eccentrics, and offbeat comforts.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadway Books 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917.4 BRYFoxfire Fund, Inc. (COR)
Summary: "The bestselling Foxfire series returns with a loving tribute to Appalachian culture, this time with a focus on preserving and passing down the music, the lore, and the "how-to" wisdom of earlier generations"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FoxLogue, Victoria
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Publisher / Publication Date: Menasha Ridge Press 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.51 LOGSummary: "Ministers, church members, revivals, baptisms, shaped-note and gospel singing, faith healing, camp meetings, footwashing, snake handling, and other traditions of mountain religious heritage."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Press/Doubleday 1982
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXAlgeo, Matthew
Summary: "In early 1968, Senator Robert F. Kennedy ventured deep into the heart of Eastern Kentucky to gauge the progress of President Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty. Author Matthew Algeo meticulously retraces RFK's tour of the region, visiting the places he visited and meeting with the people he met, and explains how and why the region has changed since 1968, and why it matters for the rest of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2020