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Richard A. Straw and H. Tyler Blethen, eds., High Mountains Rising: Appalachia in Time and Place

“Perhaps all the stereotypes of Appalachian folklife ought to be discarded. The culture of Appalachia is neither unqiue nor monolithic.” Thus Michael Ann Williams summarizes her chapter on Appalachian folklore in High Mountains Rising, a broad, even panoramic study of … Continue reading

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