02912nam 2200589 450 991082070230332120240125110437.00-8131-2798-X0-8131-4869-3(CKB)3710000000333994(EBL)1915131(SSID)ssj0001402344(PQKBManifestationID)12503053(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001402344(PQKBWorkID)11377974(PQKB)11351008(OCoLC)900344499(MdBmJHUP)muse43910(Au-PeEL)EBL1915131(CaPaEBR)ebr11011793(CaONFJC)MIL692003(MiAaPQ)EBC1915131(EXLCZ)99371000000033399420150209h19971997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe land of saddle-bags a study of the mountain people of Appalachia /James Watt Raine ; foreword by Dwight B. BillingsLexington, Kentucky :The University Press of Kentucky,1997.©19971 online resource (325 pages)Originally published: New York : Council of Women for Home Missions and Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada, c1924.1-322-60721-4 0-8131-0929-9 Includes bibliographical references.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 ChallengeThis 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 heaAppalachians (People)Social life and customsAppalachian Region, SouthernSocial life and customsAppalachians (People)Social life and customs.306/.0975/09143Raine James Watt1869-1949,1696285Billings Dwight B.1948-MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820702303321The land of saddle-bags4076155UNINA