Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal

Silas House,Jason Howard

Something's Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal
Format
Hardback
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Country
United States
Published
17 April 2009
Pages
320
ISBN
9780813125466

Something’s Rising: Appalachians Fighting Mountaintop Removal

Silas House,Jason Howard

Something’s Rising collects oral histories from a diverse group of individuals from Kentucky, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Virginia who are fighting mountaintop removal, an ecologically devastating form of coal mining. Taken together, these voices stand as a testament of what it means to be an Appalachian and demonstrate the value of preserving a culture’s history and spirit through the stories of its people. The authors have chosen twelve unique voices including Jean Ritchie, the mother of folk, who doesn’t let her eighty-six years slow down her fighting spirit; Judy Bonds, a tough-talking coal miner’s daughter; Kathy Mattea, the beloved country singer who believes that cooperation is the key to the battle; Larry Bush, who doesn’t back down even when speeding coal trucks are used to intimidate him; and Denise Giardina, the West Virginia writer who ran for governor to bring attention to the mountaintop removal issue. Written and edited by native sons of the mountains, these riveting, personal stories are captured in an original and highly readable book.

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