Documents tagged with appalachia

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Appalachian English and Silas House's Clay's Quilt

The language used in Clay's Quilt is an example of Appalachian English. Myths and stereotypes are discussed. This paper is an example of the critical self reflection necessary for continued flour...
  • FatherJimPPF published this 12 / 10 / 2009
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Jacob Have I Loved

Jacob had always thought there had to be something more out there than the dull, humdrum world he was used to. So when something magical was dropped in his lap, he wasn't at all disbelieving, as s...
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  • billyblueboy published this 11 / 06 / 2009
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Darkness Comes

The main character enters the Union Army late in the American Civil War. He takes part in a battle, and later, while posted as a picket, he and others of his company are confronted by a montrous h...
  • john5176 published this 08 / 05 / 2009
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Bluegrass History

Bluegrass is a genre of music that was very popular from the second half of the nineteenth century onwards in the mining and rural society in various states of the southeastern United States.
  • nigglesmuso published this 07 / 17 / 2009
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West Virginia and Its Various Shades

West Virginia is a great place when you are coming down to the places that you would like to visit for vacationing purposes. The place not only has a great interesting history, but the buildings an...
  • Appalachia published this 06 / 13 / 2009
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West Virginia – A Paradise To Visit

West Virginia is a beautiful place, in case you are taking down a trip to the United States of America, specifically for roaming and looking around then you should visit WV. The place is worth fo...
  • Appalachia published this 06 / 13 / 2009
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West Virginia With the Colors of Its History

West Virginia is a state in USA, which is denoted as WV. It has quite a colorful background history with it. As per many artifacts there are evidences of a great number of Indians residing in West ...
  • Appalachia published this 06 / 13 / 2009
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Cornell University Press Fall 2009 Catalog

Cornell University Press publishes general interest and scholarly books in the humanities, social sciences, and natural history. Fall 2009 titles include Spartak Moscow: The People's Team in the Wo...
  • msk55 published this 06 / 01 / 2009
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The Vandalians

The Vandalians is a historical novel set in the state of western Virginia during the Civil War and involves the lives of Andrew McCandlish and Annie Cadle, who lived in a remote Appalachian county....
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  • thomascater6459 published this 05 / 24 / 2009
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The House Of Captured Fancy

A disgruntled scholar from an obscure college in Appalachia stumbles upon an isolated and spectral house that ‘captures his fancy.’ Hieronymus Ashe, aka Harry, is astonished by the strange dwelling...
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  • thomascater6459 published this 05 / 24 / 2009
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Simple Outline

Outline for a paper on Appalachian Religion and its relationship with coal mining.
  • peaceablezealot published this 05 / 08 / 2009
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Outline

This is a tentative outline for a paper I am writing on Appalachian Soteriology (theology of salvation). I am arguing that Appalachian theology needs to recover its past to resist unethical practic...
  • peaceablezealot published this 04 / 18 / 2009
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The Foxfire Book - Volume 05

The Foxfire series is an effort to document the lifestyle, culture, and skills of people in southern Appalachia in a mixture of how-to information and first-person narratives and oral history.
  • yobar published this 10 / 10 / 2008
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