Best Books Set in Appalachia
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list created July 15th, 2008
by JG (Introverted Reader) (votes) .
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I have read most of these books. The best books I've ever read set in this region are from a self published author name Peggy Poe Stern who lives in Boone,NC. Google her and order her books if you love Appalchia set books!!


However, if it takes place in the Appalachian Mountains, it is Appalachian. Just as Va, NC, Maryland, Ky, Ga, AL and TN all have areas outside of the Appalachian chain, in fact most of the these states are not in Appalachia. Appalachia is not a group of particular States. It is a Mountain chain whose people have a common culture and heritage. If you include Northern Appalachia that would include Pa,Me, and more. Are you going to say the Appalachian Trail is not Appalachian becaiuse it runs through New England or Mid-Atlantic Coast States. What you said Makes Jeff Bigger's case for hainvg a separate Sate of Appalachia in his book The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America



How do I get "It's Not My Mountain Anymore" on this list? It's a dose of pure Appalachian living reality. Great reviews on the website: www.itsnotmymountainanymore.com and 5 star on Amazon
Thanks,
Barbara
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Barbara


Carol wrote: "I read almost every book I can find set in Appalachia.
I have read most of these books. The best books I've ever read set in this region are from a self published author name Peggy Poe Stern who l..."
Check out "It's Not My Mountain Anymore." Real and honest. Kindle Prime members borrow for FREE!
I have read most of these books. The best books I've ever read set in this region are from a self published author name Peggy Poe Stern who l..."
Check out "It's Not My Mountain Anymore." Real and honest. Kindle Prime members borrow for FREE!

http://peggypoestern.tripod.com/

THE FOSTER GIRLS - set in picturesque Wear's Valley
TELL ME ABOUT ORCHARD HOLLOW - set in Townsend
FOR SIX GOOD REASONS - set in little-known Greenbrier
DELIA'S PLACE - set in Gatlinburg
...In major bookstores, on Amazon, and in ebooks.



I'm with you on "Oral History." It was a wonderful read and conveyed a real feel of generational life and changes in the mountains. I really liked the book. This was my review: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...






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I have read most of these books. The best books I've ever read set in this region are from a self published author name Peggy Poe Stern who li..." I agree!!!!


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I have! My father and sister and a whole clan of kinfolk live there!

Sounds good. I knew of some Creeches near Cumberland Gap

#206 Knockemstiff - book description says it takes place in the Mid West
#210,211,212,213 books by James Lee Burke take place in Louisiana
#273 Walk of the Spirits takes place in Louisiana
#306 - The Bayou Trilogy: Under the Bright Lights, Muscle for the Wing, and The Ones You Do takes place in Louisiana
#344 The Devil's Punchbowl takes place in Mississippi
#350 -The Heaven of Mercury takes place in Mississippi
#419 The Silver Tattoo doesn't even take place in the USA but in Ireland
#442 Wayfaring Stranger takes place in Texas
#455 The Big Beautiful takes place in an oceanside town in N C

Appalachian elk
Author:B. F. Beebe
Print Book, 1962
English
Publisher:D. McKay Co., [New York], 1962
(Amazon has a cover)
Little David and Mr. Grunt
Authors:Jerry Jimmerson, Robert Gable (Illustrator)
Summary:The adventures of an boy named Little David in a small Appalachian town and a troublesome wild boar known to the townspeople as Mr. Grunt
Print Book, ©1971
English
Publisher:Carlton Press, New York, N.Y., ©1971
Physical Description:
48 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
52032964
Trouble at Torrent Creek
Author:Margaret Pitcairn Strachan
Summary:During her first year of teaching in the Appalachian Mountains, a twenty-two-year-old girl tries to educate the parents of an isolated community to the need for a better school system and more contact with the outside world
Print Book, ©1967
English
Publisher:I. Washburn, New York, ©1967
Physical Description:
183 pages ; 21 cm
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
1170387
Freeman
Author:Lillie D. Chaffin
Summary:After living with his grandparents all his life, twelve-year-old Freeman is shocked to learn that his parents are not dead, but returning home now that his father is out of prison
Print Book, ©1972
English
Publisher:Macmillan, New York, ©1972
Physical Description:
152 pages ; 22 cm
OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:
410522