The land of saddle-bags : a study of the mountain people of Appalachia / James Watt Raine ; foreword by Dwight B. Billings.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raine, James Watt, 1869-1949, author.

Billings, Dwight B., 1948- author of introduction, etc.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appalachians (People)--Social life and customs.

Appalachians (People).

Appalachian Region, Southern--Social life and customs.

Appalachian Region, Southern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This charming account of life in Appalachia at the turn of the century is one of the three most important books from the early twentieth century that, as Dwight Billings writes in his foreword, have ""had a profound and lasting impact on how we think about Appalachia and, indeed, on the fact that we commonly believe that such a place and people can be readily identified."" Originally published in 1924, it was advertised as a ""racy book, full of the thrill of mountain adventure and the delicious humor of vigorously human people."" James Watt Raine, professor of English literature and later hea

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introducing Ourselves; 2 The Spell of the Wilderness; 3 Adventurers for Freedom; 4 Elizabethan Virtues; 5 Mountain Speech and Song; 6 Moonshine and Feuds; 7 The Mountains Go to School; 8 The Religion of a Stalwart People; 9 Health and Happiness; 10 Wealth and Welfare; 11 The Challenge

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, c1924.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-2798-X

0-8131-4869-3

OCLC:

900344499