Mountain people
Subtitle: life and culture in Appalachia
Series: Archives unbound; Archives unbound
Publisher: Gale, a part of Cengage Learning
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, Mich
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 42122
Subjects: Mountain people; History; Appalachians (People); Diaries; Genealogy
Description: This collection consists of the diaries, journals, and narratives of explorers, emigrants, military men, Native Americans, and travelers. In addition, there are accounts on the development of farming and mining communities, family histories, and folklore. These accounts provide a view of the vast region between Lexington, Kentucky, and Winchester, Virginia, from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Birmingham, Alabama, which spans three and a half centuries and provides information on the social, political, economic, scientific, religious and agricultural characteristics of the region.
Notes: Date range of documents: 1700-1950.

Reproduction of the originals from Lost Cause Press.

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