New Appalachian Books

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New Appalachian Books by George Brosi* Anderson County (Its Cities, Towns and Points of Interest) As of 1940—Updated 1986. Lake City, Tennessee: Bonnie M. Page, 1986. 32 pages. Staple-bound paperback: $4.00. "The material for this pamphlet was collected as a part of the Federal Writer's Project in 1939-40 during the Roosevelt Administration. It was a project to preserve history throughout the country. This was to have been used in an encyclopedia of Tennessee, but never published. It is published here for the first time (with a bit of updating) as a source of information about the county. '' —The publisher's explanation on the title page. Appalachian Trail. Photography by Michael Warren. Text by Sandra Kocher. Portland, Oregon: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company. 1985 revised second edition of a 1979 release. 103 pages. Oversized paperback replete with full-page color photographs: $12.95. Magnificent photographs celebrate the world's longest continuous hiking trail. Arnow, Harriette. Hunter's Horn. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986 reprint of a 1949 release. 412 pages. Hardback in dust jacket: $24.00. Arnow "writes effortlessly as a bird sings, and the warmth, the beauty, the sadness and the ache of life itself are not even once absent from her pages. . .a rich piece of fiction. ..a classic." —The New York Times. "Unforgettable...Hunter's Horn with its fire, its brawl, its revival, its earthy beauty, is a great book." —The Cincinnati Post. This book is almost universally recognized as being in the top handful of mountain novels. Since the paperback edition went out of print earlier this year, this hardback edition is the only form in which Hunter's Horn remains in print. *George Brosi owns and operates the Appalachian Bookstore in Berea and publishes the bimonthly Appalachian Mountain Books. He also sells books through mail orders to clients in all parts of the country. If readers need more information about any of the above listings, write him at 123 Walnut Street, Berea, KY 40403. 69 Baber, Bob Henry. Ice Cycle Soup. Art by Boyd Carr. Richwood, West Virginia: self-published, 1986. 32 unnumbered pages. Staple-bound paperback edition limited to 100 copies, initialed by author and artist, and with cover colored in by hand: $5.00. Trade edition: $1.00. An avante-garde little "poem" intended for children. Beaver, Patricia Duane. Rural Community in the Appalachian South. Lexington, Kentucky: The University Press of Kentucky, 1986. 182 pages with index, bibliography and notes. Hardback in dust jacket: $18.00. This book won the University Press of Kentucky's "Appalachian Award" as the outstanding manuscript submitted in 1985 dealing with the mountain region. It examines three rural communities in Western North Carolina over a ten-year period focusing on community reaction to the floods of 1977, sex roles, and relationships with outsiders moving into the communities. Byrum, C. Stephen. McMinn County. Niota, Tennessee: Anne Burn, 1986, unstated reprint of a 1984 release from the Memphis State University Press of Memphis, Tennessee. 130 pages with an index and bibliography, illustrated with photographs. Hardback issued without a dust jacket: $20.00. An interesting and thorough account of life in this ridge and valley county bordered on the south by the Hiwassee River and lying just to the east of the Tennessee River. Among the fascinating incidents reported is the episode immediately following World War II when disgruntled veterans attacked the city jail where ballot boxes were being stuffed by the courthouse gang. Dynamite and rifle fire were used to ensure the "reform" slate's electoral victory. Campbell County (Its Cities, Towns and Points of Interest) As of 1940—Updated 1986. Lake City, Tennessee: Bonnie M. Page, Publisher, 1986, 36 pages illustrated with photographs. Staple-bound paperback: $4.00. Part of the series explained in the annotation for the Anderson County pamphlet in this listing. Carr, Jess. Murder on the Appalachian Trail. New York: Pocket Books, 1986 reprint of a 1984 release. 537 pages. Mass market paperback: $4.50. "Murder on the Appalachian Trail is hypnotic... The author has assembled a masterpiece of detail." —Indianapolis Star. "In the style of In Cold Blood...Murder on the Appalachian Trail shows great feeling... for the...