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The Land of Saddle-bags : A Study of the Mountain People of Appalachia /
This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have ""had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fa...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
1997.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have ""had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fact that we commonly believe that such a place and people can be readily identified."" Originally published in 1924, it was advertised as a ""racy book, full of the thrill of mountain adventure and the delicious humor of vigorously human people."" James Watt Raine, professor of English literature and later hea. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, 1924. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (330 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780813148694 |