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                                                        Journey Into the Appalachian Coalfields                                                       

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     Everything Appalachia
 
Jim Branscome, Appalachian Author
Annihilating the Hillbilly

The Case for Appalachian Studies

The Federal Government in Appalachia

The TVA: Killing the Dream in Appalachia "The Mt. Eagle Collection"

Remembering Tom Gish - Jim Branscome

 

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Jesse Stewart, Appalachian author

Book coming soon - y'all will love this book
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The Sunny Side of Appalachia:  Bluegrass from the Grassroots
           2008 -  $15.95

 
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Sago Mine Disaster (Featured Story)
Appalachian Coalfield Stories
             2007 - $16.95



 
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Appalachia Spirit Triumphant:
(a cultural odyssey of Appalachia)
         
  2004 - $18.95
         Everything Appalachia
Stories on www.dailyyonder.com by Betty Dotson-Lewis/Betty Dotson Lewis


 

Table of Contents
My Near Brush with Bluegrass (Fiddler Mag.)
Oral histories-

Edgar & Eunice Kitchen - Music in the Mountains
Bill Monroe - narrative
Jason Bragg - Laurel Creek Bluegrass Band
Anita Fisher - Anita Fisher Band
Jamie Dailey - Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver
(now, Dailey & Vincent)
Larry Gillis - Larry Gillis Band
Melvin Goins - Melvin Goins & Windy Mountain
Ben Greene - Carolina Road Band
Pete Hart - Hart Brothers
Lorraine Jordan - Caroline Road Band
Tom Langdon - Carolina Sonshine Band
Danny Stanley - Carolina Sonshine Band
Bobby Osborne - Bobby Osborne & Rocky Top
X-Press
Larry Stephenson - Larry Stephenson Band
Danny Davis - Ralph Stanley II Band
Tony Holt - Wildwood Valley Boys
Aubrey Holt - Wildwood Valley Boys
Jesse McReynolds - Jesse McReynolds
 & the Virginia Boys
A letter from Joy McReynolds
God Sent an Angel - story by Kevin,
 Drema & Patrick Bowles
Robert & Ella Pendarvis

Michael Stanner
Burl Willis
Everett Lilly - The Worlds Original Lilly Brothers
Bill Dorsey

 

Table of Contents
Life and Death of the Mountain People
Sago Mine Disaster

Hawks Nest Tunnel Tragedy

Eula Hall - Mud Creek Clinic (seen on ABC -
The Hidden America, Children of the Mountains
(2/13/09 with Diane Sawyer)

Dr. Donald Rasmussen - Miners
 for Democracy
Ralph Baber, Invasion of Luzon

Mountaintop Removal

Black Lung Bulletin, Feb. 1970
Cold Days, Dark Nights - Jim Branscome
2004 National Black Lung Conf.
Letter to UMWA President
A Christmas Wish
Whatever Happened to Widen Coal Camp
Last Fiddler on the Mountain
Copperhead
Shootout in the Moonshine
Capital of the World
Coon Hunting with a Cripple
No Sleep
Agony of Defeat
Bobcat Hunting
Lost Bull on Strawberry Mountain
Coal Miner's Family Tree
 
Table of Contents
Letter to my readers
 Coal Mining
Coal Mining in the Southern Appalachian Coalfields
35 Years Underground
Truck Drivin' Blues/Coal Tipple Man
Buffalo
 Creek Flood Survivor, 1972
Women in Coal
Endless Nights
The Miracle of Hominy Falls Coal Mine Disaster
Hominy Falls Mine Disaster Survivor
Coal Miner's Supper
Black Lung - A Killer
Coal Camp Memories
Logan County, West Virginia
Ken Hechler - Federal Coal Mine Health & Safety Act
Robert C. Byrd
Wars
Civil War Letters
WWII
A Mother's Prayer
Okinawa
F Troop, 7th Calvary
The Bridge at Remagen
Gunner in Tank Dozer at the Remagen Bridge
Blood Ran in the Streets
Even the Sinners Pray Up There
You are Welcome to Our Little Church
Korean War
War is Hell
I am Proud to Have Served My Country
Iraq War
Pfc Jessica Lynch
Depression Era in Appalachia
When I was a Straplin'
The Secret to a Long Life
My Daddy was a Peddler
Rural Health Care in Appalachia
Dr. Donald Rasmussen - Black Lung Doctor (On the Wings of a Dove)
Big City Medicine with Hometown Care
Kennedy in Appalachia
Education in the Coalfields of Southern Appalachia
Josie Campbell & a One Room School
The War on Poverty - Jim Branscome
McDowell County, West Virginia
Homeward Bound
Strangers in Our Land
Brother, Can You Spare Me a Dime
Law & DisOrder in the Southern Appalachian Coalfields
Memories of Welch
Flatfootin' in Bluegrass Country        
 

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The Sunny Side of Appalachia:  Bluegrass from the Grassroots
Author:  B. L. Dotson-Lewis
Release date:  September 2008
ISBN:  0-7414-4845-9
Price:  $15.95
184 pages, 8.5x11", large print, b&w photos, uncut, verbatim & original dialect
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Sago Mine Disaster (Featured Story) Appalachian Coalfield Stories
Author:  B. L. Dotson-Lewis
Release date:  January 2007
ISBN:  0-7414-3478-4
Price:  $16.95
301 pages, 8.5x11", large print, b&w photos, uncut, verbatim & original dialect
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Appalachia:  Spirit Triumphant (a cultural odyssey of Appalachia)
Author:  B. L. Dotson-Lewis
Release date:  June 2004
ISBN:  0-7414-1874-6
Price:  $16.95
301 pages, 8.5x11", large print, b&w photos, uncut, verbatim & original dialect
New:  Interview by C. Eric Banister

new:  C. Eric Banister at Americanaroots.com and musictomes.blog interviewed me last week
about my new book, The Sunny Side of Appalachia:  Bluegrass from the Grassroots, click on link below to read
http://musictomes.blogspot.com/2008/10/interview-with-b-l-dotson-lewis.html

photos in The Sunny Side book-----------------------------------------------
Sonny & Bobby Osborne, Antioch College
 
 Bobby Osborne & B. L. Dotson-Lewis
 Music In The Mountains Bluegrass Festival
 

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Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys

"Music in the Mountains"
 June 24,25, 26, 27, 2009
Summersville, WV



 






 

 

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   1.30.2010

 
 

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