What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
By: Elizabeth Catte
4.02
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working…
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1. Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
By: Drema Hall Berkheimer
4.14
Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition
Publishers Berkheimer candidly brings her personality to the page in this incredible journey from… read more
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- southern
- history
- nonfiction
"Grandma saw our red dog road as a place where I might fall down and get hurt. But I knew if I did I'd get back up. And that red dog road would lead me to every place I would ever go in my lifetime."-Drema Hall Berkheimer, Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
"Grandma saw our red dog road as a place where I might fall down and get hurt. But I knew if I did, I'd get back up. And that red dog road would lead me to every place I would ever go in my lifetime."-Drema Hall Berkheimer, Running on Red Dog Road: And Other Perils of an Appalachian Childhood
2. Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)
By: bell hooks
3.85
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's lea… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
- social justice
"When poetry stirs in my imagination it is almost always from an indirect place, where language is abstract, where the mood and energy is evocative of submerged emotional intelligence and experience."-bell hooks, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)
"sometimes falling rain carries memories of betrayal there in the woods where she was not meant to be too young she believes in her right to be free in her body free from harm believing nature a wilde…"-bell hooks, Appalachian Elegy: Poetry and Place (Kentucky Voices)
3. Affrilachia: Poems by Frank X Walker
By: Frank X. Walker
4.32
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
A milestone book of poetry at the intersection of Appalachian and African American literature. In t… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
4. The Birds of Opulence
By: Crystal Wilkinson
3.70
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
From the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of Blackberries, Blackberriesand Water Streetco… read more
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- southern
5. Belonging: A Culture of Place
By: bell hooks
3.51
Format: None pages, Paperback
>What does it mean to call a place home? Who is allowed to become a member of a community? When can… read more
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6. Night Comes to the Cumberlands: A Biography of a Depressed Area
By: Harry M. Caudill , None
3.43
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
At the time it was written, Night Comes to the Cumberlands framed an urgent appeal to the American … read more
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7. Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
By: Cassie Chambers
3.96
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
After rising from poverty to earn two Ivy League degrees, an Appalachian lawyer pays tribute to the… read more
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- history
- southern
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"This holler feels like home, and this house feels like family. There are women’s stories here, stories of resilience, love, and strength. This community knows them well, but their echo hasn’t reached…"-Cassie Chambers, Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains
8. Even As We Breathe
By: Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Even As We Breathe introduces the reader to twenty-year-old Cowney Sequoyah and the mountains of we… read more
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- historical
- audiobook
9. Rednecks
By: Taylor Brown
3.89
Format: 310 pages, Hardcover
A historical drama based on the Battle of Blair Mountain, pitting a multi-ethnic army of 10,000 co… read more
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- audiobook
10. Black Liturgies: Prayers, Poems, and Meditations for Staying Human
By: Cole Arthur Riley
4.75
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A collection of prayer, poetry, and spiritual practice centering the Black interior world, from the… read more
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- race
- nonfiction
11. Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
By: Neema Avashia
4.26
Format: 171 pages, Paperback
When Neema Avashia tells people where she’s from, their response is nearly always a disbelieving “T… read more
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- race
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12. Thunder Song: Essays
By: Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe
4.45
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The winner of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her memoir, Red Paint , Sasha taqʷšəblu LaP… read more
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- audiobook
13. What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
By: Elizabeth Catte
4.02
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America’s “forgotten tribe” of white working… read more
Want to Read $ 12.99Similar categories in Elizabeth Catte's What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia book and Elizabeth Catte's What You Are Getting Wrong about Appalachia
- american history
- race
- history
- historical
- politics
- southern
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
- audiobook
14. City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways
By: Megan Kimble
4.27
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening investigation into how our ever-expanding urban highways accelerated inequality and … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
15. The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger
By: Bhaskar Sunkara
4.02
Format: 177 pages, Kindle Edition
"The collection strikes a blackly comic but erudite tone."–Sophia Nguyen, The Washington PostKissin… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
16. Ramp Hollow: The Ordeal of Appalachia
By: Steven Stoll
3.85
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
How the United States underdeveloped Appalachia Appalachia--among the most storied and yet least… read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
17. Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
By: Anthony Harkins
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
With hundreds of thousands of copies sold, a Ron Howard movie in the works, and the rise of its aut… read more
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- american history
- history
- politics
- southern
- nonfiction
- social justice
- sociology
"In Appalachia, everyone has a fierce granny story."-Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
"Appalachia, in fact, is a very matriarchal culture. We revere our grandmothers and mothers."-Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
"Elegies are poems dedicated to the dead. The American hillbilly(assuming we can use that word for the white working class) isn't dead; she is just poor."-Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
"On election season politicos dawn their timber boots and red handkerchiefs. Many claim salt of the earth roots every time they eat a watermelon, but they never bite the bitterness of the rind. Everyo…"-Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
18. In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
By: Shannon T.L. Kearns
4.60
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Moving the conversation beyond transgender inclusion to demonstrate the unique and vital theologica… read more
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- nonfiction
"My transition was a homecoming, a process of making peace, a fulfillment of my calling. When Jesus said he came so we would have abundant life (John 10:10), I think this is part of what he's talking …"-Shannon T.L. Kearns, In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
"The message of the eunuchs also calls us to look around and ask: Who is being excluded? Who is not welcome? Who is there no space for? [...] There is nothing to prevent them from being baptized. Ther…"-Shannon T.L. Kearns, In the Margins: A Transgender Man’s Journey with Scripture
19. Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry
By: Austin Frerick
4.20
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Barons is the story of seven corporate titans, their rise to power, and the consequences for everyo… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. America's Deadliest Election: The Cautionary Tale of the Most Violent Election in American History
By: Dana Bash
3.98
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
“Let chaos come.” The fast-paced story of the extraordinary election that led to hundreds of mur… read more
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- american history
- history
- nonfiction
21. Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership
By: Brea Baker
4.58
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A powerful history of the impact of land theft and violent displacement on Black communities in the… read more
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- race
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