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…
Want to Read $ 17.03"In Appalachia, everyone has a fierce granny story."-Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
"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
"Appalachia, in fact, is a very matriarchal culture. We revere our grandmothers and mothers."-Anthony Harkins, Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
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24. Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy
By: Anthony Harkins
3.86
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
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"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
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