Appalachian memoirs
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Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
by:
J.D. Vance
3.85 avg rating — 488,811 ratings 3. 
When I Was Young in the Mountains (Reading Rainbow Books)
by:
Cynthia Rylant
4.25 avg rating — 7,458 ratings 
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Fireball: The true story of a Tennessee plow girl who survived poverty, abuse, and eleven husbands with wit, wisdom, and tenacity.
by:
Julia Walker
4.35 avg rating — 2,739 ratings 9. 
All the Pretty Things: The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home
by:
Edie Wadsworth
4.15 avg rating — 1,992 ratings 
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The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book
by:
Wendy Welch
3.71 avg rating — 3,251 ratings 
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Hillbilly Gothic: A Memoir of Madness and Motherhood
by:
Adrienne Martini
3.58 avg rating — 318 ratings 14. 
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia 3.12 avg rating — 6,341 ratings
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Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood 4.13 avg rating — 2,712 ratings
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Salvation on Sand Mountain: Snake-Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia
by:
Dennis Covington
3.93 avg rating — 4,445 ratings 
20. 
Call Me Hillbilly: a True Humorous Account of the Simple Life in the Smokies Before the Tourist Came 3.88 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area
by:
Harry M. Caudill
4.07 avg rating — 1,108 ratings 
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Keeping Heart: A Memoir of Family Struggle, Race, and Medicine
by:
Otis Trotter
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 7 ratings 
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The Things You Find on the Appalachian Trail: A Memoir of Discovery, Endurance and a Lazy Dog
by:
Kevin Runolfson
4.08 avg rating — 419 ratings 29. 
Misadventures of an Only Child: The first 80 hilarious years
by:
Bob Grove
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating 32. 
You're Not from Around Here, Are You?: A Lesbian in Small-Town America
by:
Louise A. Blum
3.84 avg rating — 141 ratings 32. 
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Our Southern Highlanders: Introduction By George Ellison
by:
Horace Kephart
4.18 avg rating — 652 ratings 
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Ways That Are Dark: A Musical Companion to Horace Kephart's Our Southern Highlanders
by:
Daniel Gore
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings 38. 
Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness
by:
James Moffett
4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings 
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Yesterday in the Hills (Brown Thrasher Books)
by:
Floyd C. Watkins
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings 41. 
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The Foxfire Book of Simple Living: Celebrating Fifty Years of Listenin', Laughin', and Learnin' (Foxfire Series)
by:
Foxfire Fund Inc
4.21 avg rating — 39 ratings 
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Path Was Steep, The: A Memoir of Appalachian Coal Camps During the Great Depression
by:
Suzanne Pickett
3.96 avg rating — 26 ratings 
51. 
The Terror of Tellico Plains : The Memoirs of Ray H. Jenkins
by:
Ray H. Jenkins
4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings 
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Dolly Parton Songteller: My Life in Lyrics: My Life in Lyrics
by:
Dolly Parton
4.02 avg rating — 26,761 ratings 55. 
Black Land: The Way of Life in the Coal Fields
by:
George Korson
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating 
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Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens
by:
Hazel Dickens
4.28 avg rating — 40 ratings 59. 
Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal
by:
John Lilly
4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings 60. 
Bingo Night at the Fire Hall: Rediscovering Life in an American Village
by:
Barbara Holland
3.76 avg rating — 157 ratings 
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Bad Naturalist: One Woman’s Ecological Education on a Wild Virginia Mountaintop
by:
Paula Whyman
4.02 avg rating — 123 ratings 63. 
Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
by:
Neema Avashia
4.21 avg rating — 2,013 ratings 64. 
Bryson City Tales: Stories of a Doctor's First Year of Practice in the Smoky Mountains
by:
Walt Larimore
4.09 avg rating — 677 ratings 
66. 
Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
by:
Cassie Chambers
3.95 avg rating — 8,461 ratings 67. 
Smoke, Roots, Mountain, Harvest: Recipes and Stories Inspired by My Appalachian Home
by:
Lauren McDuffie
4.01 avg rating — 134 ratings 
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Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival 3.79 avg rating — 289 ratings
