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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.
Format: text
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."--
Format: text
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.--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Hudgins, Phil
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...
Format: text
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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1 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 APPSummary: A struggle for power and control set in the rugged and mysterious hills of Appalachia, which tells the story of the Farrell clan, a family of outsiders who've been in these parts since before anyone can remember. Living off the grid and above the law on their mountaintop homestead, they'll protect their world and defend their way of life using any means necessary.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OUTLaPlante, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 745.5 FOXSummary: On the western frontier of 1750's North America, a minister and his followers are driven from their pioneer settlement because of his serial adultery and other deviations from orthodoxy. Their choice of a new town site in the wilderness is even more disastrous, thanks to Native American spirits who may be lurking there.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Horror DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY HORROR EYEContents: Short trip home / Edgar Meyer (3:48) -- Johnny has gone for a soldier / traditional ; arranged James Taylor & Mark O'Connor (2:58) -- 1B / Edgar Meyer (4:02) -- Applalachia waltz / O'Connor ; arranged Meyer (5:47) -- Soldier's joy / traditional ; arranged O'Connor (4:06) -- Sliding down / Meyer (4:39) -- BT / Meyer (4:50) -- Butterfly's day out / O'Connor ; arranged Meyer (4:43) -- College...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK HEASummary: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "A work of cultural anthropology and a fascinating exploration of the vanishing oral traditions of Southern Appalachia"--
Format: text
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 FOXContents: Jeano (3:57) -- Black eyed Susan (5:07) -- Ripest of apples (3:16) -- Irish patriot (6:00) -- John of Hazelgreen (3:43) -- Woman is walking (1:05) -- Virginia rambler (3:49) -- By the shore (4:42) -- Farewell to Erin (6:26) -- Mother in the graveyard (3:19) -- Margaret (1:46).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD FOLK ANNKelley, Jane (Jane Alice)
Summary: While spending the summer in Vermont, eleven-year-old Megan gets lost on the Appalachian Trail and decides to hike to Massachusetts to visit her best friend.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KELSummary: 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...
Format: text
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."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: University of Tennessee Press 2013