Blue Ridge Country. Jean Pichon Thomas

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664626417

Table of Contents

       1. The Country and the People

       The Land

       The People

       Blazing the Trail

       The Mountaineer

       2. Land Of Feuds And Stills

       Hatfields and Mccoys

       Peacemaker

       Taking Sides

       Martin-Tolliver Troubles

       Family Honor

       3. Products of the Soil

       Timber

       Woman’s Work

       4. Tradition

       Philomel Whiffet’s Singing School

       Riddles and Fortunes

       The Infare Wedding

       5. Religious Customs

       Funeralizing

       Old Christmas

       Foot-washing

       New Light

       6. Superstition

       Big Sandy River

       Water Witch

       Marrying on Horseback

       Death Crown

       A White Feather

       7. LEGEND

       Crockett’s Hollow

       The Silver Tomahawk

       Black Cat

       The Deer Woman and the Fawn

       Ghost of Devil Anse

       The Winking Corpse

       The House with the Green Gables

       8. Singing on the Mountain Side

       Of Land and River

       Feud

       Legend

       Tragedy

       Patriot

       9. RECLAIMING THE WILDERNESS

       Vanishing Feudist

       Silver Moon Tavern

       Blooming Stills

       Learning

       Mountain Men

       Coal

       Public Works

       Back to the Farm

       Valley of Parks

       When Singing Comes in, Fighting Goes Out

       Vanishing Trail

       INDEX