Non-Fiction

Non-Fiction

Appalachia, Appalachian
Culture
Environment
Socio-political aspects
Folkways, Foodways
Crafts, Handiwork
Arts, Artisans
Material Culture
Literature, Drama, Essays
Travel, Adventure
As place
Photographs
Local History

Carter Collection Non-Fiction

People know very little about Appalachia and much of what they know is wrong. "A story about flatboating on the Tennessee River in the 19th century suggests one of the reasons why this is so: flatboatmen taking a valuable cargo of products down the river by night watched lights along the riverbank to determine their progress downriver. They passed by a house where a great fire burned; they could see people dancing, and they could hear fiddle music. Soon they passed another house, again with a great fire burning, people dancing, and fiddles playing. It must be a holiday, the flatboatmen thought; or maybe some great victory was the cause of the celebration, but after they had passed seven or eight houses, all with fires burning, and people dancing to—always the same—fiddle music, the flatboatmen realized they were caught in the notorious Boiling Pot, a swift eddy in the river near Chattanooga. Instead of going steadily downriver, they were going around and around in the dark, coming always past the same house on the bank where a fire burned and people danced." Jim Wayne Miller: Reading, Writing, Region: a checklist, purchase guide and directory for school and community libraries in Appalachia

Washington County Public Library has several hundred non-fiction titles, some almost a century old, written by people from who are a part of the Appalachian region. Use the attached bibliography (under identifier below) to help in navigating those tricky waters.

William Stein

Washington County Public Library

Washington County Public Library

6/04/2014

Anna Blydenburgh

Washington County Public Library

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