The physical isolation of Appalachian hollows created a culture of radical self-reliance that still defines how mountain communities relate to one another today. Generations of shared economic ...

Esther Renee Adams, "Mamaw," was laid to rest in her own home. In the mountains of eastern Kentucky, such "country wakes" could last for days. Shelby Lee Adams Esther Renee Adams was born on her ...

Purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. Argues that since the conception of Appalachia as a distinctly different region from the rest of the South and the United States, the foods ...