Jeff Biggers, "The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America"
English | 2005 | pages: 260 | ISBN: 1593760310, 1593761511 | PDF | 1,1 mb
The word Appalachia is seldom uttered in the same sentence with the word enlightenment. More likely, images of the film Deliverance, corncob chomping grannies, or bonafide gun-toting hillbillies come to mind. However, in truth, Appalachia has been a cradle of US freedom, independence, and enlightenment, as well as a region of progressive social history, literature, and music.