Southern Appalachian Reads

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The Hawk and the Sun: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books)
The Hawk and the Sun: A Novel (Brown Thrasher Books) 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
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John the Balladeer
John the Balladeer 4.28 avg rating — 527 ratings
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The Thread That Runs So True
The Thread That Runs So True 4.11 avg rating — 1,010 ratings
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Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains
Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains 3.97 avg rating — 103 ratings
5.
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds
Appalachia: The Voices of Sleeping Birds 4.16 avg rating — 237 ratings
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Days of Darkness: The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky
Days of Darkness: The Feuds of Eastern Kentucky 3.58 avg rating — 93 ratings
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Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker
Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker 4.32 avg rating — 409 ratings
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The Georgia Gold Rush: Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever
The Georgia Gold Rush: Twenty-Niners, Cherokees, and Gold Fever really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings
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The Tall Woman
The Tall Woman 4.33 avg rating — 984 ratings
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Revenuers and Moonshiners: Enforcing Federal Liquor Law in the Mountain South, 1865-1900
Revenuers and Moonshiners: Enforcing Federal Liquor Law in the Mountain South, 1865-1900 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking
Smokehouse Ham, Spoon Bread, and Scuppernong Wine: The Folklore and Art of Southern Appalachian Cooking 4.42 avg rating — 121 ratings
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The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine 3.85 avg rating — 631 ratings
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The Relatives Came
The Relatives Came 4.22 avg rating — 16,351 ratings
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Thunder In the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21
Thunder In the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21 4.17 avg rating — 241 ratings
15.
To Dance with the White Dog
To Dance with the White Dog
by: Terry Kay
4.26 avg rating — 5,906 ratings
15.
Old Nathan
Old Nathan 3.76 avg rating — 1,160 ratings
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Rebels in Blue: The Story of Keith and Malinda Blalock
Rebels in Blue: The Story of Keith and Malinda Blalock 4.04 avg rating — 25 ratings
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Twilight
Twilight 3.95 avg rating — 3,016 ratings
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The Long Home
The Long Home 4.03 avg rating — 2,746 ratings
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Dark Energy: Poems
Dark Energy: Poems 3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings
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After Eli
After Eli
by: Terry Kay
3.86 avg rating — 140 ratings
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The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad, #5)
The Ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad, #5) 3.95 avg rating — 5,513 ratings
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Where All Light Tends to Go
Where All Light Tends to Go
by: David Joy
3.78 avg rating — 10,062 ratings
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Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory 4.22 avg rating — 1,843 ratings
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All Over But the Shoutin'
All Over But the Shoutin' 4.13 avg rating — 29,150 ratings
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The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth: And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina
The Night the New Jesus Fell to Earth: And Other Stories from Cliffside, North Carolina
by: Ron Rash
4.31 avg rating — 275 ratings
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Black Box
Black Box 4.36 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,123 ratings
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Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey from King James' Ulster Plantation to America's Appalachians and the Moonshine Life
Mountain Spirits: A Chronicle of Corn Whiskey from King James' Ulster Plantation to America's Appalachians and the Moonshine Life 3.95 avg rating — 58 ratings
30.
Season of Flesh
Season of Flesh 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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A Song of Joy and Other Poems
A Song of Joy and Other Poems 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Bow Down in Jericho
Bow Down in Jericho 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Ballad of the Bones and Other Poems
Ballad of the Bones and Other Poems 4.43 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table
The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table 4.20 avg rating — 3,449 ratings
35.
Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South
Where I Come From: Stories from the Deep South 4.22 avg rating — 2,790 ratings
36.
The Valley of Light: A Novel
The Valley of Light: A Novel
by: Terry Kay
3.97 avg rating — 574 ratings
37.
Where the Lilies Bloom
Where the Lilies Bloom 3.84 avg rating — 2,804 ratings
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Even As We Breathe
Even As We Breathe 3.72 avg rating — 3,080 ratings
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TVA Photography: Thirty Years of Life in the Tennessee Valley
TVA Photography: Thirty Years of Life in the Tennessee Valley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Tongues of Angels
The Tongues of Angels 3.86 avg rating — 223 ratings
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The People Therein
The People Therein 4.31 avg rating — 26 ratings
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Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains
Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains 3.97 avg rating — 103 ratings
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More Mountain Spirits:: A Continuing Chronicle of Southern Appalachian Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders and Beers
More Mountain Spirits:: A Continuing Chronicle of Southern Appalachian Corn Whiskey, Wines, Ciders and Beers 3.72 avg rating — 18 ratings
44.
Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets
Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets 4.40 avg rating — 47 ratings
45.
The History of Caney Creek Village: Ocoee River, Polk County, Tennessee
The History of Caney Creek Village: Ocoee River, Polk County, Tennessee really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
46.
To Touch the Past: Appalachian Life, Centered in Fannin County, Georgia
To Touch the Past: Appalachian Life, Centered in Fannin County, Georgia 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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The Making of the TVA
The Making of the TVA 2.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
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Auraria: The Story of a Georgia Gold Mining Town
Auraria: The Story of a Georgia Gold Mining Town 4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
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The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm: Recipes and Wisdom from Our Artisans, Chefs, and Smoky Mountain Ancestors : A Cookbook
The Foothills Cuisine of Blackberry Farm: Recipes and Wisdom from Our Artisans, Chefs, and Smoky Mountain Ancestors : A Cookbook
by: Sam Beall
4.14 avg rating — 50 ratings
50.
Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia (Melungeons: History, Culture, Ethnicity, & Literature
Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia (Melungeons: History, Culture, Ethnicity, & Literature 3.78 avg rating — 54 ratings
51.
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (Ballad, #8)
The Devil Amongst the Lawyers (Ballad, #8) 3.61 avg rating — 1,806 ratings
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The Songcatcher (Ballad, #6)
The Songcatcher (Ballad, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 2,866 ratings
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Better a Dinner of Herbs (Brown Thrasher Books)
Better a Dinner of Herbs (Brown Thrasher Books) 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings
54.
Ava's Man
Ava's Man 4.27 avg rating — 7,323 ratings
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Mountain Memories - History, People, Legends & Tales of The Polk County Mountains in Southeast Tennessee
Mountain Memories - History, People, Legends & Tales of The Polk County Mountains in Southeast Tennessee 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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A Parchment of Leaves
A Parchment of Leaves 4.22 avg rating — 5,119 ratings
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Tennessee’s Great Copper Basin
Tennessee’s Great Copper Basin really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
58.
River of Earth
River of Earth 4.03 avg rating — 1,179 ratings
59.
Fannin County
Fannin County 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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Everything In Its Path - Destruction Of Community In The Buffalo Creek Flood
Everything In Its Path - Destruction Of Community In The Buffalo Creek Flood 3.87 avg rating — 398 ratings
61.
Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
Blue Ridge Scenic Railway it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1)
Big Stone Gap (Big Stone Gap, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 47,629 ratings
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Clay's Quilt
Clay's Quilt 4.05 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
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Tragedy in Tin Can Holler
Tragedy in Tin Can Holler 4.12 avg rating — 155 ratings
65.
Ghost Riders (Ballad, #7)
Ghost Riders (Ballad, #7) 3.95 avg rating — 1,923 ratings
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A Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and Traditions
A Foxfire Christmas: Appalachian Memories and Traditions 4.11 avg rating — 201 ratings
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Provinces of Night
Provinces of Night 4.20 avg rating — 2,879 ratings
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Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee
Myra Inman: A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings