Appalachian History, Biography, Folklife

Here is a selection of some of our most popular, regional, non-fiction titles:
Boone: A Biography By Robert Morgan Cover Image

Boone: A Biography (Paperback)

By Robert Morgan
$18.95
ISBN: 9781565126152
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Published: Algonquin Books - September 23rd, 2008
Jackson County (Then and Now) By Nick Breedlove, Lynn Hotaling Cover Image

Jackson County (Then and Now) (Paperback)

By Nick Breedlove, Lynn Hotaling
$24.99
ISBN: 9780738567723
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - July 22nd, 2009

History of Jackson County - Sesquicentennial Edition

$40.00
SKU: B-HISTJ
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Our Southern Highlanders: Introduction By George Ellison By Horace Kephart, George Ellison (Contributions by) Cover Image

Our Southern Highlanders: Introduction By George Ellison (Paperback)

By Horace Kephart, George Ellison (Contributions by)
$24.95
ISBN: 9780870492037
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Published: Univ Tennessee Press - December 6th, 1976
Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods By Thomas Rain Crowe, Christopher Camuto (Foreword by) Cover Image

Zoro's Field: My Life in the Appalachian Woods (Paperback)

By Thomas Rain Crowe, Christopher Camuto (Foreword by)
$21.95
ISBN: 9780820328621
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Published: University of Georgia Press - September 1st, 2006
The Story of the Plott Hound: Strike & Stay By Bob Plott Cover Image

The Story of the Plott Hound: Strike & Stay (Paperback)

By Bob Plott
$22.99
ISBN: 9781596292628
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Published: History Press - December 1st, 2007
Sylva (Images of America) By Lynn Hotaling Cover Image

Sylva (Images of America) (Paperback)

By Lynn Hotaling
$21.99
ISBN: 9780738554112
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - September 1st, 2008

Daddy Moonshine

$28.00
SKU: B-DaddyM
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Echoes Across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays and Poems By Writers Living in and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains By Nancy Simpson (Editor), Robert Morgan (Introduction By), Kathryn Stripling Byer (Contributor) Cover Image

Echoes Across the Blue Ridge: Stories, Essays and Poems By Writers Living in and Inspired by the Southern Appalachian Mountains (Paperback)

By Nancy Simpson (Editor), Robert Morgan (Introduction By), Kathryn Stripling Byer (Contributor)
$16.00
ISBN: 9781450701525
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Published: Winding Path Publishing - July 6th, 2010

My Mountain Granny: The Story of Evelyn Howell Beck in the Mountain Town of Whittier, North Carolina

$20.00
SKU: 9780982409923
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Mountain Born: A Recollection of Life and Language in Western North Carolina By Jean Boone Benfield Cover Image

Mountain Born: A Recollection of Life and Language in Western North Carolina (Paperback)

By Jean Boone Benfield
$20.00
ISBN: 9780871525666
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Published: The Reprint Company - December 1st, 2009

Remembered Lives: A Narrative History of Our Family, 2nd edition

$25.00
SKU: b-remeb
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Highlands (Images of America) By Randolph Preston Shaffner Cover Image

Highlands (Images of America) (Paperback)

By Randolph Preston Shaffner
$21.99
ISBN: 9780738554037
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Published: Arcadia Publishing (SC) - July 28th, 2008
Ulster and North America: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Scotch Irish By H. Tyler Blethen (Editor), T. G. Fraser (Foreword by), Curtis W. Wood Jr (Editor) Cover Image

Ulster and North America: Transatlantic Perspectives on the Scotch Irish (Paperback)

By H. Tyler Blethen (Editor), T. G. Fraser (Foreword by), Curtis W. Wood Jr (Editor)
$50.68
ISBN: 9780817311353
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Published: University Alabama Press - June 11th, 2001
Eastern Cougar: Historic Accounts, Scientific Investigations, New Evidence By Chris Bolgiano (Editor), Jerry Roberts (Editor) Cover Image

Eastern Cougar: Historic Accounts, Scientific Investigations, New Evidence (Paperback)

By Chris Bolgiano (Editor), Jerry Roberts (Editor)
$19.95
ISBN: 9780811732185
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Published: Stackpole Books - July 27th, 2005
The Man Who Lived on Main Street: Stories By and About Sol Schulman By Jan Schochet (Editor), Sharon Fahrer (Editor) Cover Image

The Man Who Lived on Main Street: Stories By and About Sol Schulman (Paperback)

By Jan Schochet (Editor), Sharon Fahrer (Editor)
$14.95
ISBN: 9780974642406
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Published: History @ Hand - December 1st, 2003
From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina By H. Tyler Blethen, Curtis W. Wood Cover Image

From Ulster to Carolina: The Migration of the Scotch-Irish to Southwestern North Carolina (Paperback)

By H. Tyler Blethen, Curtis W. Wood
$15.00
ISBN: 9780865262799
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Published: North Carolina Division of Archives & History - January 1st, 1998
Smoky Mountain Tales By Mary Joan Williams, Jerri Strozier (Introduction By), David Davies (Editor) Cover Image

Smoky Mountain Tales (Paperback)

By Mary Joan Williams, Jerri Strozier (Introduction By), David Davies (Editor)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780983729600
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Published: Life Stories, Inc. - September 15th, 2011
Standing on the Promises: The History of Cullowhee Baptist Church, November 1821-2011 By Dianne Yount (Editor) Cover Image

Standing on the Promises: The History of Cullowhee Baptist Church, November 1821-2011 (Paperback)

By Dianne Yount (Editor)
$9.99
ISBN: 9780983738220
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Published: Catch the Spirit of Appalachia - November 19th, 2011
Storied Stitches: Quilts and Coverlets of the Smokies By Rose Houk Cover Image

Storied Stitches: Quilts and Coverlets of the Smokies (Paperback)

By Rose Houk
$9.99
ISBN: 9780937207680
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Published: Great Smoky Mountains Association - June 10th, 2011
Per Usual, James Roy: Based on a True Story By David P. Puckett II Cover Image

Per Usual, James Roy: Based on a True Story (Paperback)

By David P. Puckett II
$23.99
ISBN: 9781439202395
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Booksurge Publishing - November 17th, 2008
At the Foot of Cold Mountain: Sunburst and the Universalists at Inman's Chapel By Phyllis Inman Barnett (Afterword By), Robert Coulson Barnett Cover Image

At the Foot of Cold Mountain: Sunburst and the Universalists at Inman's Chapel (Paperback)

By Phyllis Inman Barnett (Afterword By), Robert Coulson Barnett
$35.00
ISBN: 9781607254232
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Pigeon River Press - January 1st, 2008

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