The Great Forest: An Appalachian Story, Barry M. Buxton, Sam Gray

Автор: Sturgeon Walter E.
Название: Appalachian Mushrooms: A Field Guide
ISBN: 0821423258 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780821423257
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From one of the region’s foremost mushroom hunters—Walter E. Sturgeon—comes a long-overdue field guide to finding and identifying the mushrooms and fleshy fungi found in the Appalachian mountains from Canada to Georgia. Edibility and toxicity, habitat, ecology, and detailed diagnostic features of the disparate forms they take throughout their life cycles are all included, enabling the reader to identify species without the use of a microscope or chemicals.

Appalachian Mushrooms is unparalleled in its accuracy and currency, from its detailed photographs to descriptions based on the most advanced classification information available, including recent DNA studies that have upended some mushrooms’ previously accepted taxonomies. Sturgeon celebrates more than 400 species in all their diversity, beauty, and scientific interest, going beyond the expected specimens to include uncommon ones and those that are indigenous to the Appalachian region.

This guide is destined to be an indispensable authority on the subject for everyone from beginning hobbyists to trained experts, throughout Appalachia and beyond.

Автор: Fain III Cicero M.
Название: Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story
ISBN: 025208442X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780252084423
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How African Americans thrived in a West Virginia city

By 1930, Huntington had become West Virginia's largest city. Its booming economy and relatively tolerant racial climate attracted African Americans from across Appalachia and the South. Prosperity gave these migrants political clout and spurred the formation of communities that defined black Huntington--factors that empowered blacks to confront institutionalized and industrial racism on the one hand and the white embrace of Jim Crow on the other. Cicero M. Fain III illuminates the unique cultural identity and dynamic sense of accomplishment and purpose that transformed African American life in Huntington. Using interviews and untapped archival materials, Fain details the rise and consolidation of the black working class as it pursued, then fulfilled, its aspirations. He also reveals how African Americans developed a host of strategies--strong kin and social networks, institutional development, property ownership, and legal challenges--to defend their gains in the face of the white status quo. Eye-opening and eloquent, Black Huntington makes visible another facet of the African American experience in Appalachia.

Автор: Cicero M Fain III
Название: Black Huntington: An Appalachian Story
ISBN: 025204259X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780252042591
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How African Americans thrived in a West Virginia city

By 1930, Huntington had become West Virginia's largest city. Its booming economy and relatively tolerant racial climate attracted African Americans from across Appalachia and the South. Prosperity gave these migrants political clout and spurred the formation of communities that defined black Huntington--factors that empowered blacks to confront institutionalized and industrial racism on the one hand and the white embrace of Jim Crow on the other. Cicero M. Fain III illuminates the unique cultural identity and dynamic sense of accomplishment and purpose that transformed African American life in Huntington. Using interviews and untapped archival materials, Fain details the rise and consolidation of the black working class as it pursued, then fulfilled, its aspirations. He also reveals how African Americans developed a host of strategies--strong kin and social networks, institutional development, property ownership, and legal challenges--to defend their gains in the face of the white status quo. Eye-opening and eloquent, Black Huntington makes visible another facet of the African American experience in Appalachia.

Автор: Zemler Jeffrey Allen, Zemler Jeffery Allen
Название: James Madison, the South, and the Trans-Appalachian West, 1783 1803
ISBN: 073918217X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780739182178
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Описание: This study examines the strong cultural and political bonds between the American South and trans-Appalachian West and argues that the strong relationship had its origins in the work of far-sighted Southerners in the two decades following the American Revolution.

Автор: Clark & Hayward
Название: Talking Appalachian
ISBN: 081314096X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813140964
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Описание: Tradition, community, and pride are fundamental aspects of the history of Appalachia, and the language of the region is a living testament to its rich heritage. Despite the persistence of unflattering stereotypes and cultural discrimination associated with their style of speech, Appalachians have organized to preserve regional dialects -- complex forms of English peppered with words, phrases, and pronunciations unique to the area and its people. Talking Appalachian examines these distinctive speech varieties and emphasizes their role in expressing local history and promoting a shared identity.Beginning with a historical and geographical overview of the region that analyzes the origins of its dialects, this volume features detailed research and local case studies investigating their use. The contributors explore a variety of subjects, including the success of African American Appalachian English and southern Appalachian English speakers in professional and corporate positions. In addition, editors Amy D. Clark and Nancy M. Hayward provide excerpts from essays, poetry, short fiction, and novels to illustrate usage. With contributions from well-known authors such as George Ella Lyon and Silas House, this balanced collection is the most comprehensive, accessible study of Appalachian language available today.

Автор: McKnight Brian D.
Название: Contested Borderland: The Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia
ISBN: 0813141133 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780813141138
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Описание: From 1861 to 1865, the border separating eastern Kentucky and southwestern Virginia was more than just a geographic marker -- it represented a major ideological split, serving as an "international" boundary between the United States and the Confederacy.

Автор: Zemler Jeffrey Allen
Название: James Madison, the South, and the Trans-Appalachian West, 1783 1803
ISBN: 149855086X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781498550864
Издательство: Bloomsbury
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Описание: This study examines the strong cultural and political bonds between the American South and trans-Appalachian West and argues that the strong relationship had its origins in the work of far-sighted Southerners in the two decades following the American Revolution.

Автор: Speer Wade Edward
Название: The Brown Mountain Lights: History, Science and Human Nature Explain an Appalachian Mystery
ISBN: 1476666768 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476666761
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Описание: What are the Brown Mountain Lights? Geologist Ed Speer investigates North Carolina's most famous ghost story-the 120-year-old legend of mysterious nighttime lights reportedly seen on or near Brown Mountain in Burke County. Speer's three-year study involved the help of dozens of individuals, comprehensive literature review, two remotely-controlled cameras operating all night long, multiple carefully-staged light tests, telephoto- and telescope-assisted photography, and countless hours of personal observation and ground search for the elusive lights. Both manmade and natural lights were identified, including some highly unexpected ones; however, history, science, and human nature were each found to play major roles in the understanding and interpretation of the lights people see.Researchers, investigators, historians, story tellers, local residents, believers in the legend, and those observers seeking more information about the lights they have seen will find this book useful. As will those who just enjoy a good mystery story. Visit either of the two most-popular observation sites (identified in the book and readily accessible on public land) and maybe you too will catch a glimpse of a mystery light!

Автор: Hrastar John
Название: Breaking the Appalachian Barrier: Maryland as the Gateway to Ohio and the West, 1750-1850
ISBN: 1476670447 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476670447
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Описание: In 1750 the Appalachian Mountains were both a border and formidable barrier between the English on the east and the French in the west. In 1751 a private Virginia company saw an opportunity in Ohio and pioneered a road from Maryland to Ohio; the stone-paved Cumberland Road from Cumberland, Maryland to Wheeling, Virginia was complete by 1818 and saw its heyday over the next thirty years.

Автор: Adkins Leonard M.
Название: Wildflowers of the Appalachian Trail
ISBN: 1634040902 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781634040907
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Цена: 15590.00 T
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Описание: Whether you are a weekend hiker, a long-distance trekker, a trained naturalist, or a wildflower enthusiast, this is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the flora of the East`s longest trail.

Автор: McGregor Robert Kuhn
Название: The Story of a Forest: Growth, Destruction and Renewal in the Upper Delaware Valley
ISBN: 1476665915 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476665917
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Описание: The re-established forests of the Upper Delaware are a living reminder of centuries of both exploitation and good intentions. The forests began to disappear as European settlers clear-cut farmland and fed sawmills and tanneries. A century and a half later, a forest for the 21st century has emerged - an ecological patchwork protected by a web of governmental agencies. This book tells theit story.