An Oral History of Southern Appalachia

by French, Laurence Armand; Humphrey, John A.

• ISBN13: 9780773451063
• ISBN10: 0773451064
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-30
• Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr

Author Biography

Laurence French is Director of the Psychology Programs in the Department of Social Sciences at Western New Mexico University.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Chapter 1	p. 1
2007 retrospective analysis of the 1976/77 oral history project
Chapter 2	p. 13
An Introduction to Southern Appalachia
The Cherokees	p. 14
Appalachian Whites and Local Blacks	p. 18
Change in Southern Appalachia	p. 21
The Appalachian Culture	p. 24
The Oral Tradition of Southern Appalachia	p. 27
Chapter 3	p. 29
Cherokees
Dillard	p. 29
Mandy	p. 44
Ammdnita (Running Deer)	p. 50
Myrtle	p. 55
Robert	p. 64
Going Back	p. 77
Ed	p. 80
Clifford	p. 86
Chapter 4	p. 95
Mountain Whites
Mignaw	p. 95
Berd	p. 107
Hazel	p. 112
Glen	p. 127
Eddie	p. 136
Truett	p. 139
Frank	p. 145
Cotton	p. 149
Chapter 5	p. 157
Local Blacks
Annie	p. 157
Sherman	p. 162
Joe	p. 168
Homer	p. 175
Rubin	p. 180
Endnotes	p. 185
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 195
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