Melungeon Literature

 
 

Melungeon Boys 

Doris Ulmann's classic photo of two Melungeon boys 

 
 Try the titles listed below if you are interested in this mysterious, "vanished" group of Appalachian peoples. 
Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree Cover Image

Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree (Paperback)

By Lisa Alther
$14.95
ISBN: 9781611451764
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Arcade - March 2012
Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America Cover Image

Melungeons: The Last Lost Tribe in America (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Hirschman
$19.00
ISBN: 9780865548619
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - November 22nd, 2004
My Melungeon Heritage: A Story of Life on Newman's Ridge Cover Image

My Melungeon Heritage: A Story of Life on Newman's Ridge (Paperback)

By Mattie Ruth Johnson
$12.95
ISBN: 9781570720635
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Overmountain Press - January 1997
The Melungeions: The Resurrection of a Proud People Cover Image

The Melungeions: The Resurrection of a Proud People (Paperback)

By N. Brent Kennedy, Robyn Vaughan Kennedy (Joint Author)
$17.95
ISBN: 9780865545168
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mercer University Press - September 1996
Melungeons: Notes on the Origin of a Race Cover Image

Melungeons: Notes on the Origin of a Race (Paperback)

By Bonnie Ball
$9.95
ISBN: 9780932807748
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Overmountain Press - January 1992
Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia (Melungeons: History) Cover Image

Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia (Melungeons: History) (Paperback)

By Wayne Winkler
$19.00
ISBN: 9780865548695
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - April 8th, 2005
Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America Cover Image

Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America (Paperback)

By Tim Hashaw
$19.00
ISBN: 9780881460742
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - May 2007
From Anatolia to Appalachia: A Turkish-American Dialogue Cover Image

From Anatolia to Appalachia: A Turkish-American Dialogue (Paperback)

By N. Brent Kennedy (Editor), Joseph M. Scolnick (Editor)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780865547766
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - January 2004
Windows on the Past: The Cultural Heritage of Vardy, Hancock County, Tennessee (Melungeons) Cover Image

Windows on the Past: The Cultural Heritage of Vardy, Hancock County, Tennessee (Melungeons) (Paperback)

By DruAnna Williams Overbay
$25.00
ISBN: 9780865549500
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - November 2005
North from the Mountains: A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio (Melungeons: History) Cover Image

North from the Mountains: A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio (Melungeons: History) (Paperback)

By John H. Kessler, Donald B. Ball (Joint Author), N. Brent Kennedy (Foreword by)
$19.95
ISBN: 9780865547032
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - February 2001
Through the Back Door: Melungeon Literacies and Twenty-First Century Technologies Cover Image

Through the Back Door: Melungeon Literacies and Twenty-First Century Technologies (Paperback)

By Katherine Vande Brake
$22.00
ISBN: 9780881461503
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - May 6th, 2009
The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Arrival of Modern Media in Rural Appalachia and the Melungeon Community (Melungeons: History) Cover Image

The Electronic Front Porch: An Oral History of the Arrival of Modern Media in Rural Appalachia and the Melungeon Community (Melungeons: History) (Hardcover)

By Jacob J. Podber
$35.00
ISBN: 9780881460896
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - September 2007
How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction of Appalachia (Melungeons: History) Cover Image

How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction of Appalachia (Melungeons: History) (Paperback)

By Katherine Vande Brake
$25.00
ISBN: 9780865549838
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - March 2006

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