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. 
The Melungeons: The Resurrection of a Proud People By N. Brent Kennedy, Robyn Vaughan Kennedy (Joint Author) Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9780865545168
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mercer University Press - September 1st, 1996

Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree By Lisa Alther Cover Image
$14.95
ISBN: 9781611451764
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Arcade - March 1st, 2012

Melungeons: Notes on the Origin of a Race By Bonnie Ball Cover Image
$9.95
ISBN: 9780932807748
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Overmountain Press - January 1st, 1992

Walking Toward the Sunset: The Melungeons of Appalachia (Melungeons: History) By Wayne Winkler Cover Image
$23.75
ISBN: 9780865548695
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - February 26th, 2020

Children of Perdition: Melungeons and the Struggle of Mixed America By Tim Hashaw Cover Image
$23.75
ISBN: 9780881460742
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - May 1st, 2007

From Anatolia to Appalachia: A Turkish-American Dialogue (Melungeons) By Joseph M. Scolnick (Editor), N. Brent Kennedy (Editor) Cover Image
By Joseph M. Scolnick (Editor), N. Brent Kennedy (Editor)
$18.95
ISBN: 9780865547766
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Mercer University Press - November 1st, 2021

Windows on the Past: The Cultural Heritage of Vardy, Hancock County Tennessee (Melungeons) By Druanna Williams Overbay Cover Image
$31.25
ISBN: 9780865549500
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - November 1st, 2021

North from the Mountains: A Folk History of the Carmel Melungeon Settlement, Highland County, Ohio (Melungeons) By Donald B. Ball, John S. Kessler (Editor) Cover Image
$25.00
ISBN: 9780865547032
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - November 1st, 2021

Through the Back Door: Melungeon Literacies and Twenty-First Century Technologies By Katherine Vande Brake Cover Image
$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) By Jacob J. Podber Cover Image
$35.00
ISBN: 9780881460896
Availability: We can probably get this title but the price is subject to change.
Published: Mercer University Press - September 1st, 2007

How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction of Appalachia (Melungeons: History) By Katherine Vande Brake Cover Image
$33.75
ISBN: 9780865549838
Availability: No new copies on our shelves but maybe in used, now or arriving soon. Ask us.
Published: Mercer University Press - March 1st, 2006

Housekeeping: A Novel By Marilynne Robinson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780312424091
Availability: Out of Print: used copies probably available. Ask us.
Published: Picador - November 1st, 2004

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