Appalachian travels
the diary of Olive Dame Campbell
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Author
Contributions
- Williams, Elizabeth McCutchen - Contributor
Publication
2012 - University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
Language
English
Word Count
73,500 words, Guess
Page Count
294 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-139780813136448
- ISBN-139780813136684
- ISBN-139780813139920
- ISBN-10081313644X
- ISBN-100813136687
and 7 more
- ISBN-100813139929
- Library of Congress Control Number2012029582
- OCLC Control Number788282152
- Better World Books9780813136448
- Better World Books9780813139920
- Better World Books9780813136684
- Open LibraryOL25404789M
Classifications
- DDC917.504
- LCCF217.A65 C36 2012
- LCCF217.A65C36 2012
Description
In 1908 and 1909, noted social reformer and ""songcatcher"" Olive Dame Campbell traveled with her husband, John C. Campbell, through the Southern Highlands region of Appalachia to survey the social and economic conditions in mountain communities. Throughout the journey, Olive kept a detailed diary offering a vivid, entertaining, and personal account of the places the couple visited, the people they met, and the mountain cultures they encountered.Although John C. Campbell's book, The Southern Highlander and His Homeland, is cited by nearly every scholar writing about the region...
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