The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to Americaby Jeff Biggers

The United States of Appalachia: How Sou

The United States of Appalachia: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America: How Southern Mountaineers Brought Independence, Culture, and Enlightenment to America

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Few places in the United States confound and fascinate Americans like Appalachia, yet no other area has been so markedly mischaracterized by the mass media. Stereotypes of hillbillies and rednecks repeatedly appear in representations of the region, but few, if any, of its many heroes, visionaries, o